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‘Absolutely gutted’: Cases dropped against soldiers over notorious war crimes allegations
Former Australian troops accused of killing civilians in Afghanistan will not face prosecution over two notorious alleged war crimes.
- by 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.
- by Nick McKenzie and Matthew Knott
‘National shame’: Richard Marles strips medals from Afghanistan war commanders
Opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie choked with emotion as he said “our soldiers must tell the truth, and those in leadership must seek it out”.
- by Matthew Knott
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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
A wartime lie became an 83-year-old secret. Now the truth can be told
The death of my heroic friend means his courage in a moment of crisis can finally be revealed.
- by Anson Cameron
War crimes investigators given access to restricted documents in Roberts-Smith case
There are numerous active investigations into alleged criminal offences by members of the Australian Defence Force in Afghanistan.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
‘Seriously disturbed’: MPs alarmed by disrepair at secretive military facility
Facilities at one of the nation’s most secretive and important military stations need to be upgraded urgently, a bipartisan parliamentary committee has warned.
- by Matthew Knott
A man with something to hide: The day I put tough questions to Ben Roberts-Smith
The more we spoke, the more his guard appeared to slip.
- by Chris Masters
Big loss for Stokes and Seven in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation costs battle
The patrons of the disgraced war hero do not agree they should bear the costs of his failed defamation action against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Roberts-Smith agrees to pay costs of failed defamation, visits bankruptcy lawyer
The disgraced war veteran has agreed to pay the legal costs of his failed defamation action, but his billionaire backer Kerry Stokes will fight on against any repayments.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Defence
I exposed war crimes among the SAS. A few weeks ago, my car was repossessed
What I came up against was more than the horrific acts of a few rogue soldiers. It was the cult of brand “SAS”; the cult of the male warrior. I’d dared question their heroes.
- by Samantha Crompvoets
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