Online retail giant Amazon will block Australian consumers from its global sites to counter new laws to force it to collect the good and services tax on transactions.

Greg Hunt has apologised for a tirade he directed at the Mayor of Katherine last year. The Health Minister has confirmed a second incident, when he says he used "strong language" in a conversation with the former secretary of his department.

Australia’s busiest theatre company has been able to boast some critically acclaimed shows in the past 12 months but it’s annual report which is just out, looks a little grim. The Sydney Theatre Company has posted a $4.2 million deficit.

An Aboriginal-run program is claiming successes in tackling the persistent issue of low literacy in western NSW communities. Kicking off a new public awareness campaign, the foundation's executive director, Jack Beetson joins PM to discuss why low literacy is still an issue in 2018.

A stunning verdict has been delivered this afternoon, with the former Police Commissioner John McRoberts of the Northern Territory found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

On tonight's program: The Catholic Church announces it will join the government's national redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse; the Government plans to tackle growing problems in the family court system with a merger of the family and federal circuit courts; and Roseanne's 30 year TV journey brought to an end by 52-character racist rant.

Arguably decades in the making, the Catholic Church has today announced it will join the government's national redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse, which was one of the key recommendations from the Royal Commission.

Archbishop Mark Coleridge is president of The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. He says the new body will allow the church to respond to claims as a single entity.

Some survivors of child sexual abuse don't want any part of the national redress scheme, and they're urging others to join in rejecting the offer of up to $150,000.

It's become clearer during the day that the Government's plan to tackle growing problems in the family court system will have to go well beyond the headline announcement of a merger of the family and federal circuit courts by 2019.