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Only 66 per cent of NT Indigenous students attend school every day. In the east of the Territory, attendance rates are below 50 per cent, the worst in the country. But a local police officer's initiative has seen 16 local students recognised at a special award ceremony today for increasing their school attendance.

Joesph Kobol, the political candidate whose supporters have been blamed for burning a plane and government buildings in Papua New Guinea's Highlands, says he is not responsible for the violence.

He says the incident shows the failure of PNG's election authorities and the corruption that marred the 2017 election.

On Friday's PM: following the US-North Korea summit, we hear from an investor seeing big opportunities amid high risk in the 'Hermit Kingdom'; science diplomacy and its role in North Korea; and ASIC takes legal action against Westpac over an adviser's poor financial advice.

After a tense G7 summit in Canada, with Donald Trump refusing to sign a communiqué and clashing with Canada's Justin Trudeau, could the forum of the world's wealthiest advanced economies soon become the G6?

Science diplomacy researcher Olga Krasnyak talks with PM about how scientists can help repair strained diplomatic relationships between nations through collaborative projects.

Donald Trump's focus on economic opportunities for North Korea at this week's Singapore summit has prompted renewed speculation around what that would look like. What obstacles stand in the way of economic growth for the hermit kingdom?

Speculation grows that the US President will unveil a revised list of tariffs on Chinese goods, originally valued at US$50 billion. China says it's ready to retaliate if necessary, amplifying market anxieties over a possible trade war.

Australia's corporate regulator has launched legal proceedings against Westpac. The Federal Court will hear claims that one of the bank's financial planners provided advice that was not in the best interests of Westpac's clients.

NSW RSL president James Brown says the volume of complaints and the seriousness of the investigative process suggests there may be truth to some of the allegations of misconduct against defence force personnel, but the entire ADF community risks being tarnished by the claims.

On tonight's PM: the Government shifts ground on English testing for migrants from a university-level test to a conversational test; swift official condemnation of a Nazi flag flown above an army vehicle in Afghanistan 11 years ago; and the US Secretary of State gets to work defending its deal with North Korea.