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January 26It’s time to reflect on how we celebrate Australia

Australia Day is problematic and mournful for many. And January 26 is a date that is not, if we’re getting pedantic, really a big deal over here in Western Australia.

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Royal exitBurning question over Megxit agreement

Buckingham Palace is refusing to answer an important question after Meghan and Harry struck a deal with the Queen on their exit from royal life, with the pair stripped of their HRH titles and told to pay back millions of dollars.

Stephen Drill

Burning shameNorth coast bushfire victims left in tents for months

Hundreds of fire-hit families are living in tents without water and power three months after massive bush blazes ripped through their towns on the NSW north coast. They have seen nothing of the millions donated from around the world and little — if any — government money.

Janet Fife-Yeomans and Danielle Le Messurier

PicturesPlayers live it up at Crown’s IMG Tennis Party

On the night before the Australian Open, tennis greats walked the blue carpet with Melbourne’s sporting identities and socialites to celebrate this year’s tournament.

Jackie Epstein

Country WeekGoldfields thump Pilbara in first country week match

Michael Worthington tore West Pilbara apart with the ball before Chris Cole came in and did his thing with the bat.

Rory Coleman-Heard

Traffic delaysKwinana Freeway crash puts traffic at standstill

A crash on the Kwinana Freeway has caused traffic chaos in Perth’s south tonight.

EXCLUSIVEHow BJ the dog saved a brave cop’s anguish

The nightmares began when former officer Damien Buckley was forced to shoot dead a Tinder stalker who had stabbed a female doctor 11 times. He thought he couldn’t live with his daily anguish — until he met his PTSD BJ.

Danielle Gusmaroli

Grisly findHusband of Balcatta woman found dead ‘covered in blood’

A man being questioned over his young wife’s death reportedly walked into a police station covered in blood.

Joanna Delalande

Compensation soughtChurch fights 1948 abuse case

The Anglican Church has denied liability for the physical and sexual abuse allegedly inflicted on an Adelaide man more than 70 years ago, labelling his claims as “vague and embarrassing’’.

Nigel Hunt

Hungry TigersTigers grab early bragging rights

NIGHTCLIFF grabbed some early bragging rights in the race to the NTFL Premier League finals when it beat an undermanned St Mary’s by 65 points

GREY MORRIS

Harrowing injuriesWorksSafe chief slams investigation into crushed worker

WA’s WorkSafe Commissioner has vowed to review the case of a Perth Airport worker crushed and chewed up by a fuel tanker after they took three years to complete his case — then did not prosecute.

John Flint

‘LIKE NIGHT’Massive dust storm envelopes towns in NSW’s Central West

Huge dust storms swallowed up large swathes of the Central West slopes and plains on Sunday afternoon. SEE THE PICTURES

Kaitlyn Hudson-O'Farrell

Districts and PINT PrevailCrocodiles and Queenants winners

SOUTHERN Districts and PINT emerged as big winners in Round 14 of the NTFL’s Women’s Premier League

GREY MORRIS

ProcessLaw firm raises ‘serious questions’ about sport grants

A class action suit is being considered by a top law firm that has raised serious concerns about the lawfulness of the federal government’s $100 million community sporting grants.

Tamsin Rose

ExclusivePregnant woman convicted of drink driving with three passengers

A pregnant woman has admitted to getting behind the wheel drunk in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs while carrying three passengers. A magistrate rejected her defence team’s plea for a conviction not to be recorded, saying ‘you took a risk’.

Derrick Krusche

Fire recoveryAnimals front of mind as property goes up in flames

Nirbeeja Saraswati and Peter Hammond lost their home as fires ripped through Kangaroo Island, but their heartbreak started as they saw dozens of perished animals along the road to their property.

Michelle Etheridge

Pricey cuppaPerth woman fined $2500 over smuggled tea leaves

Bringing tea leaves illegally into Australia from Malaysia has cost 54-year-old Tan Lay Beng $2700 in fines.

Jon Bassett

Mystery virusAustralian airports refuse extra virus screening

Australians are urged to be on alert while travelling after an increase in the number of confirmed cases of a new mystery virus which has swept across China’s Wuhan region.

Caitlyn Rintoul

QualitySenior cop dismisses ‘fussy recruits’ food woes

Concerns about the quality and variety of food at Victoria Police’s academy have been shut down by a top cop who says a leading dietitian works with kitchen staff to provide nutritional meals.

Wes Hosking

Ingrid SewardQueen’s secret message in Megxit agreement

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle look like they’ve walked away with an amazing deal after severing ties with royal family, but below the surface, the Queen has issued a warning to other members of The Firm, writes Majesty Magazine’s Ingrid Seward.

Ingrid Seward

Economic bluesNon-resources economy ‘beaten and bruised’

In WA, 2019 was the year of the green shoots that never sprouted. Consumer confidence was supposed to return, business would invest and house prices were set to bounce back at long last.

Gareth Parker

#BookThemOutCruise call shows KI open for business

Penneshaw has had its first cruise ship visit since the major Kangaroo Island bushfires, providing a huge injection for the local economy.

Brad Crouch

Dramatic collapseEmma fills in as Yellow Wiggle as Greg recovers

Original Yellow Wiggle Greg Page wasn’t far from the minds of his bandmates and fans as the group took to the stage without him after he suffered a cardiac arrest during a fundraising concert.

Dominica Sanda AAP

Horror weekSeven die in seven days on WA roads

Seven people have died in WA road crashes in just seven days and the deaths of two women in a horror car accident yesterday has raised the road toll to nine fatalities so far this year.

Joanna Delalande