May
Ad giant Dentsu’s epic losses no big deal for Japanese parent
Dentsu spends more than $1 billion every year in Australia on behalf of its clients, including Woolworths. It has lost $170 million over the past three years.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
December 2023
Kerry Stokes walks away from SAS defence charity
The mogul has stepped down from an SAS charity he co-founded.
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- Mark Di Stefano
November 2023
Is David McBride a whistleblower, a criminal or both?
The army lawyer says he leaked secret documents to defend Australian soldiers accused of illegal killings in Afghanistan, not expose them.
- Aaron Patrick
October 2023
Kerry Stokes spurns doing a Rupert, rides again
Billionaire Kerry Stokes renominates as director of Seven West Media; behind the ABC’s decision to block ChatGPT’s web crawler; The Market Herald’s rebrand.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
Kerry Stokes, Bruce McWilliam, Seven emails ‘personally embarrassing’
Releasing thousands of emails between Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team, Kerry Stokes’ Australian Capital Equity and Seven could result in “substantial injustice”.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
July 2023
Defamation runs in the Roberts-Smith family
In 2013, Ben’s mother Sue Roberts-Smith launched defamation action against a colleague at Perth’s Swan Valley Anglican Community School.
- Joe Aston
Now it’s Ben Roberts-Smith v Justice Anthony Besanko
The decorated war veteran this week pulled the trigger on his anticipated appeal against findings that he was a war criminal, murderer and bully.
- Michael Pelly
June 2023
Bret Walker looking at Roberts-Smith appeal
The star silk reportedly charges $30,000 a day and is one of Australia’s most formidable barristers.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Kerry Stokes elevates the next West Australian hero
The Stokes-controlled canonisation of Gina Rinehart omitted legal disputes with her children entirely.
- Mark Di Stefano
Tears at 4am in Iceland over Roberts-Smith verdict
MinterEllison partner Peter Bartlett was overcome with emotion after the Ben-Roberts Smith verdict
- Michael Pelly
- Opinion
- Opinion
Ben Roberts-Smith could have saved himself
The former SAS soldier’s reputation might largely be intact if he hadn’t threatened journalist Chris Masters.
- Aaron Patrick
- Analysis
- Analysis
Judge condemns cowardice in the courtroom
The full judgment in the Ben Roberts-Smith case is a damning indictment of the war hero.
- Michael Pelly
Network Ten gags former political editor over ratings criticism
Peter van Onselen also used a column published by News Corp to note that the share price of the network’s owner, Ten, had fallen dramatically.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
On the mat, PwC hires Sue Cato
The embattled financial services company has hired the PR consultant to work with partners at the centre of the tax leaks scandal.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Opinion
The reckoning from Roberts-Smith’s disgrace is still to come
Politicians who are happy to send troops to fight and exploit jingoist sentiment never know what to do with the ugly outcomes.
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- Laura Tingle
PM defends military, vows to pursue war crimes
Anthony Albanese has suggested there could be further proceedings against Ben Roberts-Smith, as he defended the reputation of Australia’s armed forces
- Phillip Coorey
Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from role at Seven Queensland
The former SAS soldier has tendered his resignation to Seven, which has been accepted, chief executive James Warburton told staff in an email on Friday.
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- Max Mason and Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- Opinion
How it could get even worse for Ben Roberts-Smith
After losing his defamation trial, the fallen war hero faces the prospect of a special investigator with a wealth of evidence that can be used against him in a criminal prosecution.
- Michael Pelly
Pressure on war crimes investigator to prosecute Roberts-Smith: lawyer
Ben Roberts-Smith’s misconduct has been investigated by the independent Brereton inquiry into war crimes and referred to the Office of the Special Investigator.
- Hannah Wootton
Journalists, soldiers vindicated in Roberts-Smith case: Nine
Nine has spent years budgeting for the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case, including for a possible loss.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Hannah Wootton