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Australia's takeover of Norfolk Island's government is sparking deep divisions in the community. The island lost self-rule on July the first, but already there are big questions about the new administration. An internal audit suggested possible conflicts of interest involving some of the senior staff engaging consultants they had connections with, and there have been allegations of censorship of the local radio station.

People with life-limiting illnesses and with disabilities fear being left out of a debate about euthanasia. The Victorian Parliament is heading for a conscience vote on the issue, after the state's government endorsed legalising assisted suicide.

The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory has spent the day touring the current and former Don Dale youth detention centres. This week had been set aside for hearings with young people who've been through the detention system, but that's now been delayed. The mother of former Don Dale detainee Dylan Voller says uncertainty about when he's giving evidence and his safety inside prison is putting extra stress on Dylan and the family.

The number of West Australians being prescribed with stimulant medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is on the rise. Last year more than 20,000 WA patients were prescribed stimulants like ritalin and dexamphetamine. It represents a 10 per cent increase in one year. But health practitioners are defending the figures, saying the risks associated with the medication outweigh the effects of not treating ADHD.

The Salvation Army has become the latest organisation to be told it still has work to do to improve its child protection policies. The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has been reviewing the progress made by organisations it's scrutinised, such as the YMCA, the Scouts, and today, the Salvation Army. The Commissioner, Justice Peter McClellan told the hearing their response to the problem of abuse is still a work in progress.

In what's believed to be an Australian first, the Catholic Church has defrocked a priest for having a 'long term inappropriate sexual relationship' with a woman. The church has also publicly apologised to the female parishioner involved. The apology is the culmination of a seven-year legal battle Jennifer Herrick has waged against the church over the 'toxic' relationship she had with Father Thomas Knowles.

More World Heritage protected sites have been placed on the UNESCO endangered list this year as a result of wars in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Libya. There are now 55 protected sites that are considered to be in danger. Anna Segall is the director of international standards and legal affairs at UNESCO, who is in Adelaide for the Red Cross international Culture Under Attack conference.

Fighting between the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and the Nigerian Army is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Africa's most populous country. In Borno state in north-east Nigeria, more people have been displaced from their homes than refugees reached Europe by boat in 2015. Médecins Sans Frontičres deputy operational director, Isabelle Mouniaman, says 1.8 million people are displaced in the state and over four million are food insecure.

The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory has been told Aboriginal people need to be given control of corrections system reforms. The author of a scathing report about the Territory's corrections system has finished his second day of evidence at public hearings this week. Keith Hamburger says continued departmental dysfunction will result in more human tragedy.

The remains of three Aboriginal people from Tasmania that were taken to the Australian National University in Canberra have been brought home. The remains were taken from a burial site by archaeologists in the 1900's. In a rare event, the indigenous community knows exactly where to rebury the remains but the location will remain secret for cultural reasons.