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9.14am BST

We'll leave it there for today. Thanks for tuning in.

Here are today's main developments:

9.05am BST

It's been a long few hours, but the final witness at the Australia Post inquiry is giving evidence: the former chair John Stanthorpe.

He was the chair in 2018 when the Cartier watches were gifted. He signed a card thanking the executives who received the watches, but he said he did not remember ever seeing the gifts.