Christmas Day is looking dry and sunny for most of the country ... discusses his government's record on the environment with the ABC's WA state political reporter Rhiannon Shine.

Video shows as a bystander climbed a a burning building to help rescue a woman as flames burst through the roof.

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‘Ash’ falls on Perth suburbs as prescribed burns blanket city in smoke ...