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Defamation runs in the Roberts-Smith family

The defamation trial of the century, Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media, is finally over, with the parties now scrapping over the small matter of $25 million of combined costs and Roberts-Smith lodging a Hail Mary appeal.

But what of the other illustrious Roberts-Smith defamation case of our time? Nobody knows about it because strangely enough, it’s never been reported on.

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Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out. From 2012 to 2023, Joe helmed The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column. Email Joe at hello@rampart.news

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