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Ben Roberts-Smith and Nick McKenzie

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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Ben Roberts-Smith and Nick McKenzie outside the Federal Court in Sydney on Thursday.

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.

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War criminal Ben Roberts-Smith in 2022.

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.

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Ben Roberts-Smith.

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
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.

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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
Minter Ellison lawyer Peter Bartlett with a copy of The Age from 1980 when the paper pulled a story about the Anzus Papers for legal reasons and replaced it with an advertisement.

Growing up, he didn’t know what a lawyer was. Now he’s celebrating 50 years as a partner

Peter Bartlett has notched up a milestone unlikely to be surpassed.

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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.

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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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