Ben Roberts-Smith
Former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty gives up Order of Australia
Mick Keelty has given up his Order of Australia, almost four years after this masthead revealed he told secret details from serving police to disgraced war hero Ben Roberts-Smith.
- by Olivia Ireland
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‘Unconscionable’: UN experts slam delay in compensating alleged Afghan war crime victims
The experts also called on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to stop celebrating disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith after a damning defamation judgment.
- by Matthew Knott
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WA governor hosts Ben Roberts-Smith as he receives medal from the King
The disgraced war criminal has been welcomed to Government House in Perth to receive the honour bestowed by King Charles III.
- by Nick McKenzie, Jesinta Burton and Holly Thompson
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Principles of open justice demand our right to know
Journalists spend much of their time fighting for information to which they should rightfully be allowed access.
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Defamation
What the Lehrmann case means for the future of defamation law in Australia
There is little doubt that lawyers do well in defamation cases. But you rarely find a plaintiff who, at the end of the trial, believes they made the right move in suing.
- by Peter Bartlett
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Australian War Memorial
Conscripting war memorial into the political sphere is out of order
The people of the electorate of Cook vote in Saturday’s byelection just as Scott Morrison, the MHR who represented them for 17 years, has his reputation as prime minister tarnished once again.
- The Herald's View
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Defamation
The squalor of buying a scoop undermines good journalism
The ever-growing cluster of self-immolation surrounding the Lehrmann case has now remorselessly spread to journalism, thrusting it into the unaccustomed role of guilty bystander while besmirching a profession vitally important to a fairer society.
- The Herald's View
Kate McClymont and Nick McKenzie nominated for journalist of the year award
McClymont and McKenzie have been nominated for the Graham Perkin Australian journalist of the year award for their work on major investigations over the past year.
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Yumi Stynes: ‘I’m quite keen to find ways to not have my life threatened’
The author and broadcaster discusses the impact of her Ben Roberts-Smith, Kerri-Anne Kennerley and teen sex-ed book controversies.
- by Benjamin Law
Roberts-Smith’s barrister cautions court against ‘amateur sleuthing’
The war veteran’s high-stakes defamation appeal drew to a close on Friday, as his barrister urged a court to overturn a decision finding he was complicit in four murders.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
‘Event of startling gravity’: Newspapers back SAS soldier’s account of execution
The newspapers defending former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal say one of their key witnesses gave truthful evidence about a murder.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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