EVENING UPDATE

An Australian Archbishop has been charged with failing to report child sex abuse, while he was a priest in the Hunter Valley.

Philip Wilson is believed to be the most senior Catholic in the world to be prosecuted, over such an allegation.

First contact has been made with Tanna – an island 200 kilometres south of Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila following cyclone Pam. The death toll has reached 24.

And Tony Abbott has copped criticism over his St Patrick’s Day message, with Ireland’s prime minister rejecting the perception that his country is synonymous with alcohol.