The former federal politician sued Nine for defamation over falsely reporting he photographed a woman's buttocks without her consent.
Outside the Federal Court, Dr Laming acknowledged the public apology.
"Australians can remain proud of our free press that requires the media to report matters of public interest in a fair and balanced way and when mistakes are made, as they were in my case, correct the record and apologise." " were deeply hurtful and personal. They can never be erased. They can only be painted over, over the course of time, and I can only hope that people view reasonably what's happened today."
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