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The death of a worker at Darwin's Inpex Ichthys LNG plant last week has prompted union calls for the Northern Territory to adopt Queensland's industrial manslaughter laws.

Worksafe Victoria has confirmed it's investigating the CFA after footage emerged of a 17-year-old girl being held down and dragged in an apparent hazing ritual.

A decision to relocate the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem has sparked fears of violent protests across the Arab world. President Donald Trump is expected to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

An Archbishop in the Catholic Church has been in court in Newcastle today, facing a charge of concealing child sexual abuse. The Adelaide Archbishop, Philip Wilson, is the most senior Catholic in the world to be charged with this offence.

For many in the city of Ballarat, the Royal Commission's report comes as no surprise, but survivors say there is an element of hope that the categorical condemnation from the inquiry's examination of the region will pave the way for change.

The child sex abuse Royal Commission has found there was a "catastrophic failure of leadership" in the Catholic Archdiocese of Ballarat, which led to the abuse of hundreds of children.

The citizenship fiasco in Parliament has claimed its first Labor member, with backbencher David Feeney officially referred to the High Court this afternoon over potential dual British citizenship.

The way people perceive their country's economy plays a big role in whether they think their life is better now than it would have been 50 years ago.

The International Olympic Committee imposed a ban on Russian athletes competing in next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea, after a report found "unprecedented systematic manipulation" of the anti-doping system.

On tonight's program: The citizenship fiasco in Parliament has claimed its first Labor member, with backbencher David Feeney officially referred to the High Court this afternoon over potential dual British citizenship; and Russia is likely to appeal against a ban on its athletes competing for their country in next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea.