Courts overseas have fined lawyers for filing AI-generated case law.

CEOs say 87% of firms lack confidence NZ has invested enough in energy.

The Finance Minister has faced some tough feedback from business leaders today.

Football Australia has issued Clayton Lewis a ‘show cause’ notice over a lifetime ban.

The alleged would-be robbers were aged just 12 to 14 and fled in a stolen vehicle.

Five years on from her departure from Australia Post, former CEO Christine Holgate says she still does not regret gifting Cartier watches, worth a total of $20,000, to four senior executives who steered the organisation through COVID-19, despite losing her job over the decision.

Holgate, who was exonerated by an inquiry and received compensation over the circumstances of her exit, has also taken aim at former prime minister Scott Morrison, who declared in parliament that if she did not wish to stand aside, "she should go".

''I guess it feels like you've been run over and not just run over," Holgate told me in a revealing interview on The Pay Off podcast.

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"You've been reversed over again.

"So was I disappointed in him? Yes, I was.

"I don't think you totally do (get over that disappointment) because it's like a car crash, but do you learn from it?

"I think yes, I have learned a lot from it. You learn a lot about leadership and the type of leadership you want to be.

''Í do not regret for one moment recognising the contribution from those people. 

"The irony is I could have given them $150,000 each and not have to ask anyone for permission."

Holgate, now group executive chairman of Team Global Express, also said Morrison owes Australia Post employees an apology over the damage she says he inflicted on the brand.

''He owes an apology to all those mum and dads who own those post offices, all the workforce he put through an incredibly difficult time just as we were going into peak (season).

"It was irresponsible, and it was wrong.

"He put a black shadow over their brand, which is an outstanding organisation and does an enormous amount of good.

''He knew attacking a female CEO who just weeks before had been ranked the most powerful female in the Australian Fin Review … would create national headlines.

"It was the same week robodebt had come out and another issue was going to come the next day.

"It was a massive distraction. So clearly, hanging me instead saved his own neck for a period of time.''

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Holgate, who joined logistics company Team Global Express in 2021, does have regrets, however, over accepting a salary that was less than half that of her male predecessors when she took on the top job at Australia Post. 

''I didn't push back on it," she said.

"In fact, it was a lot less than half the pay. Maybe it was half the base pay.

"And at the time, I took a 40 per cent pay cut to go and do the job. 

"I kind of regret that…. because it probably wasn't a great role model thing to do for other women.

"So if any other women are listening to this, please, can you not make the same mistake."

As the leader of a company that directly employs up to 10,000 people, Holgate says that her philosophy as a leader was forged during her teenage years in London when she left home with nowhere to go.   

''I found myself in Euston station, sitting on the floor with no home and no job. And probably not many prospects either.

"And it really taught me about the importance of pride of work, but also when you have no money, how you get disadvantaged on so many different levels and how hard it is to take it from there to go forward.''

The Pay Off interview with Christine Holgate releases tomorrow.

Optus' major triple-zero outage last week was caused by a team failing to follow step one of an upgrade procedure, the head of the telco has revealed.

Optus chief executive Stephen Rue has said a firewall upgrade was botched due to "human error", leading to the issue that affected more than 631 emergency calls and was linked to three deaths over 13 hours on Thursday.

"Preliminary investigations have determined that on the first night of the upgrade, the steps taken on past successful upgrades of a similar nature were not followed," he told the media today.

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"On this occasion of the upgrade of 18 September, the first step in the process was not followed." 

Rue said step one of the upgrade is to divert calls away from the relevant part of the core network to a separate part of the core network, which would have allowed calls to go through as normal. 

He said the team was comprised of both Optus and third-party Nokia staff in Australia and India.

"The team is based both here and it's also based in Chennai," he said. 

Rue knocked back any suggestions that the issue was caused by taking jobs offshore or job cuts, instead maintaining that it was an issue with the upgrade procedure. 

"This is not about Nokia. This is about Optus's accountability to ensure its network operates. That's what this is about," he said.

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Optus admitted that five people had called their customer service line to report an issue affecting triple-zero calls on Thursday, but the matter was not escalated and the telco remained unaware of the error.

Rue said that 86 of the 631 customers who failed to connect to triple zero did get through, with about 65 reaching emergency services by camping on to another carrier like Telstra or TPG.

"But early internal investigations have therefore determined there were approximately 480 customers who did not get through to triple zero," he said.

"The independent review, as well as our ongoing investigation, will be examining why this happened and will determine whether there are any patterns that exist to the core failures."

Rue admitted that Optus had "absolutely" suffered reputational damage.

"There are no words that can express how sorry I am about the very sad loss of the lives of four people who could not reach emergency services in their time of need," he said.

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Optus commissions independent review 

Optus has commissioned an independent review, led by Kerry Schott, into the outage.

Schott is currently a Director of AGL, Chair of the Carbon Market Institute and Chair of the Competition Review Panel.

The review will examine Optus' management of triple zero calls and actions in response to the incident in adherence to policies, procedures and legal requirements.

The report is expected to be completed before the end of the year. 

Optus Board Chairman John Arthur said the board was working with Rue and promised to prevent any further repetition of this incident, which is Optus' second major triple-zero outage in about two years.

"What has occurred is clearly unacceptable, and on behalf of the Board, I apologise for this failure in our accountability to all those who relied on our triple-zero services," he said in a statement.

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"I particularly express my deep condolences to the families and friends of the four people who passed away."

Optus paid a $12 million fine after a technical issue left more than 2000 people unable to ring triple zero in 2023, but failed to implement a third of the recommendations from an investigation into the incident.

Last week's outage has left the axe looming over Rue, who was hired in November after his predecessor Kelly Bayer Rosmarin stepped down following fallout from the 2023 outage.

The Australian Media and Communications Authority is also investigating the incident, with Communications Minister Anika Wells vowing that Optus will face "significant consequences" and be "held to account".

But any potential penalties the telco faces will largely be financial, rather than criminal.

Wells also hinted at a wider review into the telco industry and emergency service network, as Optus is not the only provider to oversee triple-zero outages.

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Optus owner is 'deeply sorry'

The Singapore-based owner of Optus has issued an apology over last week's fatal triple-zero outage.

Singtel Group chief executive Yuen Kuan Moon said he was "deeply sorry" to learn about the incident.

"Our hearts go out to the families and friends of those who have passed away and we know that Optus will get to the bottom of this matter," he said in his first statement since the outage.

"We are working with the Optus board and management to ensure a thorough investigation of this incident to prevent any future recurrence.

"Optus has been cooperating fully and transparently with all relevant government agencies and regulatory bodies while the matter is being investigated and will share the findings in due course."

Singtel has invested over $9.3 billion into Optus over the past five years.

A large portion of that funding has been for building network infrastructure across Australia. 

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The federal anti-corruption watchdog is trying to shake off legal action brought by Bruce Lehrmann after a raid on the former political staffer's home.

Lehrmann claims he was repeatedly advised that he was entitled to funding for legal representation during a National Anti-Corruption Commission investigation following an "unlawful" raid on his house in June 2024.

The anti-corruption body was searching for sensitive submarine documents Lehrmann was alleged to have stolen from the office of former defence minister Linda Reynolds.

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His lawsuit against Commissioner Paul Brereton and federal Labor government minister Don Farrell was heard for the first time today.

"It's my position that the Commonwealth is delaying funding unnecessarily as to a denial of procedural fairness," Lehrmann told the Federal Court.

He asked the court for time to amend his originating application in light of correspondence from the commission which he deemed "rather inflammatory and quite intimidatory".

The request was not opposed.

But the commissioner's lawyer argued Brereton was not the right person to sue as he was not designated as a relevant decision-maker.

"But the Attorney (General Michelle Rowland) might be," Justice Brigitte Markovic mused.

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Lehrmann said he had made an application to her office to that effect, but he had been "handballed around", ending up with Farrell.

He suggested that was due to his former employment as a political staffer.

The court gave Lehrmann until October to determine who should be a respondent.

Brereton and Farrell have not filed defences to Lehrmann's claims.

It comes after Lehrmann accused Brereton of lacking the confidence of the Australian public and called for him to resign in a letter to Rowland.

"The principle at stake is simple: no integrity body can credibly investigate and compel citizens while its own leadership is tainted by unresolved conflicts," he wrote on September 12.

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Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has tearfully said he never wanted to "make light" of Charlie Kirk's assassination as he returned to US television screens following his brief suspension.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pre-recorded at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood and has now begun airing on ABC in the United States at 11.35pm PST (1.35pm AEST) today.

The host was treated to a standing ovation as he arrived on stage, before he launched into an emotional speech about Kirk and his suspension.

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The host began his show with a montage of news clips covering his sensational suspension.

Kimmel was then seen wearing a bear suit while comedian Guillermo Rodriguez dressed as a banana.

As he kicked off his emotional monologue, Kimmel's voice broke as he directly addressed the comments he made about Kirk.

"It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man," Kimmel said.

"I don't think there's anything funny about it."

Kimmel said it was not his intention to "blame any specific group for the actions" of Kirk's alleged killer.

"It was obviously a deeply disturbed individual," he said.

"That was really in the opposite of the point I was trying to make, but I understand that to some that felt either ill-timed or unclear, or maybe both.

"And for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you're upset.

"If the situation was reversed, there's a good chance I'd have felt the same way."

Kimmel then explained he doesn't believe the man who shot Kirk represents anyone.

He described him as a "sick individual who believed violence was a solution".

"And also selfishly, I am a person who gets a lot of threats. I get many ugly and scary threats against my life, my wife, my kids, my co-workers because of what I choose to say," Kimmel continued.

"And I know those threats don't come from the kind of people on the right who I know and love."

He praised Kirk's widow Erica for publicly forgiving her husband's alleged killer.

"Erica Kirk forgave the man who shot her husband. She forgave him. That is an example we should follow," he said.

"A selfless act of grace, forgiveness from a grieving widow. It touched me deeply and I hope it touches many."

Kimmel said countless people reached out to him during the week he was off-air.

He thanked them for their support, which included an email from his old boss in Seattle who fired him in 1989.

"Weirdly, maybe maybe most of all, I want to thank the people who don't support my show and what I believe, but support my right to share those beliefs anyway," he said.

He joked that the US has become so authoritarian that a late-night host from Germany offered him a job.

"Can you imagine? This country has become so authoritarian. The Germans are like, 'come here, cut loose'," Kimmel added.

As his attention turned to Donald Trump, Kimmel said the president's attempt at censoring him had backfired.

"He tried his best to cancel me. Instead, he forced millions of people to watch the show," he said.

"He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now."

Kimmel also poked fun at Trump's latest headlines, a running theme in his monologues.

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This time, it was about the president's announcement linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism in children.

"Follow the advice of Donald Trump and you too can look like a glazed ham with deep-vein thrombosis," he joked.

Kimmel's monologue marked his first public comments since being pulled off-air last week.

The show was sidelined after comments the host made about Kirk's death.

He said in his September 15 monologue that the "MAGA gang" were "desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them".

Among the guests on Kimmel's comeback show are actor Glen Powell and singer Sarah McLachlan, along with a cameo from Robert De Niro.

The Oscar-winning star dialled into the show via video and performed a skit as the "new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman".

"Pardon me for saying, and maybe you're the wrong guy to talk to, but it seems like the FCC is using mob tactics to suppress free speech," Kimmel told De Niro.

"Depends on what you want to say," The Godfather Part II and Goodfellas star said.

"If you want to say something nice about the president's beautiful, thick, yellow hair or how he can do his make-up better than any broad, that's free.

"But if you want to do a joke like he's so fat he needs two seats on the Epstein jet, that's gonna cost you."

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Trump says Kimmel should 'rot in his bad ratings'

Trump took to his social media platform of choice to take aim at Kimmel ahead of his show's return.

The president labelled ABC, which airs Jimmy Kimmel Live!, as "fake news" for giving the host his job back.

"Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his 'talent' was never there," Trump said in a fiery message on Truth Social.

"Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who's not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE."

Trump then said the ABC is a "total bunch of losers".

"Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings," he added.

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A father has admitted he gunned down another man in a suburban street but says it was a clumsy accident.

Lawyers for Luke James Picking told a Victorian Supreme Court jury the 42-year-old did kill Abdurhman Jemal, 33, in March 2024.

But they denied he committed murder, arguing Picking did not mean to pull the trigger and he should instead be found guilty of manslaughter.

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"What happened here was a warning that went wrong," Picking's barrister Peter Morrissey SC told the jury today.

Prosecutors allege Picking and his son Brodi, 19, ambushed Jemal outside a Glenroy shopping strip in Melbourne's north about 4.30am on March 29.

Brodi, who is also on trial for murder, knew Jemal but the pair had a falling out in early March after Brodi accused the 33-year-old of stealing his wallet.

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The two men had an argument in a Bunnings car park on March 28, with Brodi allegedly telling a friend he was "going to f—ing kill the c—", the jury was told.

Prosecutors allege in the hour before the shooting, Brodi and Luke Picking drove past locations connected to Jemal, including his mother's home.

It's alleged they located Jemal driving a red Hyundai in Glenroy and followed the 33-year-old until he pulled over and confronted them.

CCTV footage played to the jury showed yelling between the two groups before Jemal was shot in the face.

Prosecutors allege Luke Picking said "you want a f—ing air raid" to Jemal before firing the bullet and speeding off.

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Jemal stumbled back to his car and managed to press down on the horn before he collapsed.

He died after suffering multiple shotgun pellets to the face and neck.

Morrissey told the jury Luke Picking was responsible for Jemal's death and had already offered a plea to manslaughter, which prosecutors rejected.

The barrister argued Picking had only intended to threaten Jemal and it went wrong.

"He did mean to present the gun … but he didn't mean to pull the trigger," Morrissey told the jury.

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Morrissey said there would be evidence from a neurologist, who had identified issues with Picking's hands that caused him to be clumsy.

Brodi Picking's barrister Rishi Nathwani KC conceded his client was in the car when Luke fired the fatal shot. 

But he told the jury Brodi did not know there was a loaded gun in the vehicle and he never made an agreement with his father to murder Jemal.

"He did not positively assist or encourage his dad to do so," Nathwani said.

It was also disputed that Brodi was still upset about the stolen wallet at the time of the shooting, the barrister said.

Prosecutors allege after the killing, Luke Picking contacted his friend Ian Harris, 49, to dispose of the gun.

Harris' barrister Rahmin de Kretser accepted his client did take possession of the firearm but argued Harris did not know it had been used to kill someone.

de Kretser told the jury they should have great doubts his client was guilty of assisting an alleged murderer.

The trial before Justice Jane Dixon continues.

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