Roberts-Smith case
Witness in Roberts-Smith case threatened to sue Nine, star reporter
A woman who testified against Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case later threatened to sue the newspapers and Nick McKenzie, a court heard.
- Michaela Whitbourn
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Star reporter fronts court after Roberts-Smith’s win over ‘secret recording’
Nick McKenzie told the court he was “motivated to find evidence of the truth” and under intense pressure during Roberts-Smith’s defamation case.
- Michaela Whitbourn and Amber Schultz
War criminal Ben Roberts-Smith lodges legal bid over leaked recording
The former Special Air Service corporal wants to reopen the appeal in his failed defamation case, claiming he was not afforded a fair process.
- Calum Jaspan
Court quashes federal police bid to keep Ben Roberts-Smith corruption probe secret
The Federal Court has brushed aside the AFP’s attempts to keep secret the details of an anti-corruption investigation that reached the top levels of the peak policing body.
- Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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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
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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.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
AFR to cut print in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’
The Australian Financial Review will no longer have a physical edition in Perth after Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media doubled the cost of printing the newspaper.
- Colin Kruger
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