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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL, 22, 2021: Peter Foster leaves the Downing Centre Court in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

Con accused channels Keating on Nine ethics

Alleged conman Peter Foster has used an appearance at a Sydney court to announce he has launched legal proceedings against Channel 9, accusing the network of displaying the ‘ethics of an alley cat’.

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Australian Army soldier Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, official portrait. *** Local Caption *** The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia held an investiture ceremony at Campbell Barracks in Perth to award a Victoria Cross for Australia to Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, on 23 January 2011.  Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, from the Special Air Service Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia for his gallantry under fire during operations in Afghanistan in June 2010.    Present at the ceremony were the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC; Prime Minister of Australia the Hon. Julia Gillard MP; Leader of the Opposition the Hon. Tony Abbott MP; Minister for Defence the Hon. Stephen Smith MP; Minister for Defence Science and Personnel the Hon Warren Snowdon MP; Governor of Western Australia, His Excellency Dr Ken Michael AC; Premier of Western Australia the Hon. Colin Barnett MLA; Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, his Excellency Dr Amanullah Jayhoon; Member for Curtin the Hon. Julie Bishop MP; Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC; Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie AO DSC CSM; and Special Operations Commander Australia, Major General Gus Gilmore DSC.  The Victoria Cross for Australia is our highest honour. It is only awarded to those who display the most conspicuous gallantry and daring in the face of the enemy. Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, becomes the 98th Australian recipient of the award and the second recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia since it was instituted in 1991. Picture: Department of Defence

New police probe as VC trial looms

Ben Roberts-Smith has denied allegations that he buried a USB containing classified material in his backyard as an attempt by Nine Entertainment to ‘punish’ him.

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