Australian billionaire businessman James Packer with his children Jackson, Indigo and Emmanuelle at their home in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer says he wants to ­‘rehabilitate his reputation’ and return to public life. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer says he is the happiest he has been ‘in years’. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer with his son Jackson, 12. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer with his daughter Emmanuelle, 9. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer with his daughter Indigo, 13. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer says he has ceased ‘seven different mood-altering drugs prescribed to me by my doctors’. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer says he’s ‘feeling excited about starting my Act 3’. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer says his ‘Crown chapter is over’. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer says that he is now living his life without the need for medication. Picture: Ana Badillo

Packer says he wants ‘to be involved in public debate on important subjects for Australia – like Australia’s relationship with China, mental health and artificial intelligence’. Picture: Ana Badillo