Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion call for privacy for sake of son

Deputy PM says media must 'move on' and that some coverage has been 'malicious'

Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion have appealed to the public and the media to "move on" after two weeks in which revelations about their affair has dominated Australian politics and threatened to tear the Coalition government apart.

The deputy prime minister and Nationals leader has faced repeated calls to stand aside after his relationship with his former staffer - now pregnant with his son - was made public.