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The Northern Territory's youth detention royal commission has been told females inside Don Dale weren't given access to education and activities available to the males. Today, the commissioners heard from a panel of former Don Dale guards about their time at the centre. This ends a week of evidence from former Don Dale guards, including claims bad management and a macho culture led to Don Dale's downhill spiral.

At the child sexual abuse Royal Commission, the leader of the Hillsong Church has given evidence that his organisation has a 'no tolerance' approach to paedophiles. Brian Houston's evidence follows the Royal Commission's finding that he'd failed to notify the authorities that his father, also a church pastor, had been accused of child abuse offences.

It's a racy issue: are so-called 'skimpies' empowered women taking control of their bodies or glorified barmaids allowing themselves to be objectified by men? Activist group Collective Shout wants an end to scantily clad barmaids in WA, saying it leads to violence against women. But those behind the bar say women have a right to choose how they earn a living and how much flesh they bare.

Police in the UK and authorities around the world are coming to terms with the latest terror attack on the streets of London. Five people were killed and about were 40 injured, after a man ploughed his car into pedestrians and fatally stabbed an officer inside the gates of Parliament. The attacker was one of those killed, and now, police are investigating his motivations.

What are global implications of the attacks for Australia? For more on the events in London, PM speaks to Nick O'Brien, who was formerly in charge of International Counter Terrorism in the Special Branch at New Scotland Yard.

The Government's had a busy week, announcing plans to change the racial discrimination act, new laws to crack down on union corruption and passing cuts to welfare. And today, the Premier of the world's most populous country was visiting Parliament House. But the focus for tonight is passing the Government's childcare package through the Senate. It's the last sitting day for the week, and attention is already shifting towards next week which will be the Government's last chance to pass its business tax cuts before the Budget in May. The Treasurer says he'll put his heart and soul into passing the controversial cuts to corporate taxes, and that a vote on the issue is imminent.

Solar accounts for only a small fraction of the country's overall energy mix. But almost all of it is generated by small, rooftop solar, instead of large-scale projects. In fact, Australia has among the highest rates of rooftop solar in the world, fuelled by rapid improvements in technology and ballooning power prices. PM has taken a closer look at the rooftop solar trend - traveling to the solar poster child town, Moree, in the north-west of New South Wales.

The focus of Australia's housing affordability crisis has so far centred on the challenges younger Australians have in getting a foot into the property market. A new report warns that future Australian retirees will face enormous financial burdens. The report warns that older Australians will increasingly use their super to pay off their mortgage debt or pay rent, which will ultimately decrease their standard of living.

A 'Prison Tree' in Western Australia's north was never used as a holding cell for Aboriginal prisoners, according to new research. The history of the centuries old boab near Derby has been labelled a myth, and a landmark that's become a tourist attraction for the wrong reasons. Researchers say the truth about the boab should be exposed and the tree recognised for its significance to Aboriginal people.

At the child sexual abuse Royal Commission, four ultra-orthodox Jewish rabbis have given evidence their congregants must report fellow Jews to police if they're suspected of child sexual abuse. And those who report must not be shunned by the Community. Their evidence follows 2015 Commission hearings into the Yeshivah communities in Melbourne and Bondi which heard many in those communities uphold the concept of Mesirah which prohibits Jews reporting fellow Jews to the secular authorities.