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The Australian War Memorial is paralysed by internal politics over how to acknowledge war crimes findings against the Australian military, including the nation’s most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

Leaked War Memorial files show ructions over war crimes exhibit, ‘interference’

Leaked files reveal perceptions of “increased interference” at the Australian War Memorial over its treatment of war crimes by Australian soldiers.

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Nick McKenzie addresses media after the Ben Roberts-Smith judgment in June.

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Sacked, prosecuted, exposed: A proud history of muckraking

The Age’s investigative reporters have brought down public officials, revealed corruption, and uncovered organised crime operations and war crimes. As the masthead turns 170, we celebrate their journalism.

  • Michael Bachelard
Ben Roberts-Smith outside Federal Court in May 2022.

Ben Roberts-Smith welcomed at Defence party days before Marles strips officers’ medals

The war criminal attended a gala to mark a Special Air Service Regiment anniversary days before the government stripped officers of honours earned in Afghanistan.

  • Nick McKenzie and Matthew Knott
Ben Roberts-Smith: sued for defamation and lost.

Army retains sense of hubris despite stripping of medals

The Albanese government stripped distinguished service medals from some soldiers but the most notorious retains his tarnished Victoria Cross.

Retired corporal and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is a "potentially affected person" in the upcoming IGADF inquiry into the conduct of SAS troops in Afghanistan.

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.

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Decorated special forces veteran Ben Roberts-Smith lost a defamation case against The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

‘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.

  • Matthew Knott
Ben Roberts-Smith at Government House in Perth on Thursday.

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.

  • 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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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.

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