May
Rinehart refuses to rule out financial support for Roberts-Smith
Australia’s richest person has danced around questions about whether she provided financial backing for Ben Roberts-Smith to appeal his failed defamation case.
ASX hits 3-month high; Airport shareholders revolt; AI starts to work
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
May 2024
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.
December 2023
Kerry Stokes walks away from SAS defence charity
The mogul has stepped down from an SAS charity he co-founded.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
Kerry Stokes elevates the next West Australian hero
The Stokes-controlled canonisation of Gina Rinehart omitted legal disputes with her children entirely.
Tears at 4am in Iceland over Roberts-Smith verdict
MinterEllison partner Peter Bartlett was overcome with emotion after the Ben-Roberts Smith verdict
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.
Judge condemns cowardice in the courtroom
The full judgment in the Ben Roberts-Smith case is a damning indictment of the war hero.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.