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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.

  • Michaela Whitbourn and Amber Schultz
Ben Roberts-Smith departs the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney after the first day of his defamation case in 2021.

Roberts-Smith’s appeal dealt blow after ‘fishing expedition’ cut down

The disgraced soldier has suffered a setback to his defamation appeal after a judge threw out or cut back wide-ranging demands made by his lawyers.

  • Perry Duffin
Ben Roberts-Smith outside the Federal Court in 2022.

‘Person 17’: Conversation with Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-lover at centre of appeal bid

Three judges will hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s application to introduce a leaked audio recording in evidence in his defamation appeal.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Ready for the brickbats… helmets at the Rio Tinto research centre in Loznica, Serbia.

Rio Tinto attempts image rehab by funding university Indigenous centre

Nearly five years after the global mining giant drew global condemnation for destroying ancient Indigenous rock sites, Rio Tinto is still trying to make amends.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Ready for the brickbats… helmets at the Rio Tinto research centre in Loznica, Serbia.

Mining giant on a long and winding campaign of woke-washing

Nearly five years after Rio Tinto drew global condemnation for destroying ancient Indigenous rock sites, Rio Tinto is still trying to make amends.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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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
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.

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

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The Age 170 investigations

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

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