PM declines to comment on Roberts-Smith ruling – as it happened

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• Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven after losing defamation fight against Nine
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Meanwhile, the opposition leader and former defence minister Peter Dutton has told the Today Show how he received the news of the outcome of the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial:

It is a tough day for our country. The vast majority of Australians hold the SAS and the Australian defence force in the highest regard. This obviously is a case now that will go on appeal.

There's also a criminal investigation under way. I note the comments of Richard Marles last night saying he wasn't going to provide comment.

Talking to a journalist was seen as a greater sin than committing a war crime by many people.

Many of those people who still say, you know, why are you making a fuss about this? This is a sort of normal outcome of war.