Good Morning Australia! - Parliament could make some big changes as the session draws to a close - Last year's AirAsia crash was not caused by bad weather after all - The videotaped killing of a black teen costs the top cop's job in a major American city - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The Senate today is expected to approve changes to the citizenship law to penalize those who engage in terrorism.  It would strip citizenship from dual nationals involved in terrorism in Australia or overseas.  Some Senators aren't convinced this is the best way to go - Nick Xenophon likened it to "giving up":  "Isn't it better to be involved in counter-terrorism actions, international investigations, arrests, convictions and imprisonment?" Xenophon asked.  Greens leader Richard Di Natale said, "Ultimately we think the safest place for Australian citizens who have been convicted of violent acts, who are indeed criminals, is in custody here in Australia, not roaming the international stage."  But it appears as though the government has enough votes to carry it through.

Indonesian officials say faulty equipment and the crew's poor reaction to it caused the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 last December.  All 162 people aboard the Surabaya to Singapore flight died when the Airbus A320-200 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December.  At the time, officials suggested bad weather was the cause.  They later discovered that cracked solder in an electrical component led the pilot to try to restart the jet's computer to try and fix it; this shut off the auto-pilot, but the the co-pilot was unable to handle the jet as it suddenly banked.  The jet stalled, and plunged into the sea.

Nigeria's ex-security chief has been arrested and taken into custody for stealing US$2 Billion meant for the fight against Boko Haram.  Prosecutors accuse Sambo Dasuki of awarding phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets and ammunition.  He denies the allegations. 

Oscar Pistorius reported for his first day of community service in Pretoria, South Africa.  He's convicted of accidentally killing his partner Reeve Steenkamp.  But the Supreme Court on Thursday will announce its decision on the prosecution's appeal to get that conviction upgraded to murder, which would return the fallen Olympic and Paralympic athlete to prison.

The US is creating a special force to battle Islamic State in Iraq.  The "specialized expeditionary targeting force" will stage hit and run attacks, kidnap IS leaders, and carry out hostage rescues.  US Defense Secretary Ash Carter didn't specify how many commandos would take part in the new unit.

A Philippine court sentenced a US Marine to six to twelve years in prison for the murder of a transgendered woman near Subic Bay.  Private Joseph Pemberton strangled Jeniffer Laude and dunked her head in a hotel room toilet after discovering her sexual status.  The gruesome and thoroughly idiotic killing has reignited debate over the presence of US troops in the Philippines.

Chicago fired its police chief in the wake of protests over the police killing of a black teenager.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel threw Superintendent Garry McCarthy under the bus after black clergy and community activists demanded his ouster:  "He has become an issue, rather than dealing with the issue."  The activists say the CPD's racial problems run much, much deeper than that top.  Emanuel is under intense criticism over the death of 17-year old Laquan McDonald who was shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is now charged with First Degree Murder - charges that took 400 days to investigate and file, even though squad car video captured the entire sorry incident.

Cuba is reinstating travel restrictions on its doctors, saying its vaunted health services have been "seriously affected" by the large number of doctors who have moved abroad since controls were eased in 2013.  Many of them switched teams and moved to the US.  Cuba's health workers are highly trained but underpaid; 50,000 of them are engaged in health projects in 68 countries, and they played a major role in beating down the West African Ebola Epidemic.