Public service: Sacked Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo says he has accepted findings against his conduct, but maintains he could have stayed in the top job.
Court: Bruce Lehrmann rejected an offer to "walk away" from his eventually unsuccessful civil suit months before his highly-publicised defamation trial.
World news: "We'll do what's necessary to take on this arrogant billionaire who thinks he's above the law, but also above common decency," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.