About 30 of the nearly 90 homes destroyed by the Kangaroo Island bushfires have been rebuilt according to council, as the region marks two years since the inferno.

Amy Staunton never had a chance to celebrate the New Year with family after her life was tragically cut short a few hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve.

In sport, the omicron wave has already hit the BBL, the NBL and the A-League hard and is causing havoc in sporting leagues outside Australia. 

So can the AFL keep its head above water when the AFLW kicks off on Friday?

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