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Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven as war crimes judgement reverberates around globe

Ben Roberts-Smith's billionaire backer, Kerry Stokes, says the imputations found to be true in the crushing court judgement do "not accord with the man I know".

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton appeared on TV to say Australia's elite Special Air Services (SAS) regiment had seen "significant culture change".

But as some of the country's most high-profile figures react to Thursday's defamation ruling in the Federal Court, Mr Roberts-Smith — the man at the centre of the allegations — hasn't been heard from.

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