Mr Butler told ABC News Breakfast presenter Michael Rowland that the advice from state chief health officers was that we really have moved beyond the era of very broad mask mandates and lockdowns .
Health chiefs are secretly pushing for the return of some of the loathed lockdown laws as the new highly contagious Omicron BA4 and BA5 subvariants rip through Australia.
Sports fans have voiced their anger after the decision to grant Novak Djokovic a medical exemption from Covid-19 vaccination requirements in the Australian Open.
The Serbian world No 1 tennis star has revealed he has a medical exemption to compete in the Australian Open despite refusing to reveal if he is vaccinated for coronavirus.