Good morning, Canberra. We're heading for a top of 26 degrees on a cloudy day, with a possible storm this afternoon. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
"I did not do any parties in the new year. I did not enjoy my Christmas. I am locked down in the house because I just don't want to get this Omicron variant."
Subscriber: The man accused of deliberately setting Old Parliament House on fire amid a political protest has had his name restricted from publication due to fears of retribution.
The published advice to anyone who finds they have symptoms is to "pack their belongings whilst wearing PPE and practising good hand hygiene and [they] should not attend the broader event or any other public place in the ACT".
Subscriber: More than a decade ago, Capitals veteran Kelly Wilson told her now husband Michael that her basketball days would soon be a thing of the past. How wrong she was.
Australia's latest cricket hero, Scott Boland, is being viewed as the "bulldozer bowler" capable of churning out the overs on an unresponsive SCG wicket against England, after fellow quick Josh Hazlewood wasn't deemed ready to return from injury.
