Environment Minister David Speirs wants a change of portfolio, saying “crazy leftie activists” are wearing him down.

Former deputy premier Vickie Chapman has been suspended from state parliament for six days in an extraordinary rebuke from lower house MPs after an inquiry found she deliberately misled parliament.

The spread of the Omicron variant will not mean the return of lockdowns after state and territory leaders agreed to hold their nerve as health officials wait for more information on the new virus strain. 

And in sport, Alex Carey is poised to secure the precious baggy green cap that will vindicate AFL legend Kevin Sheedy’s blunt message a decade ago that he should give up on football.

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