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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 2 - The Untold Story

The story behind the stories of a soldier and an 'epic case'

'I'm inclined to think it's more about truth than it is about war crimes.'

Newcastle Herald

'It would absolutely be spiked': The explosive book that almost never was

Nick McKenzie shares what happened behind the Ben Roberts-Smith headlines.

The Canberra Times

Shuffling the deck: Canberra Times drops 101-year-old bridge columnist as part of cost-cutting drive

Len Dixon, who has served the newspaper for 55 years, is the latest victim of a round of drastic cuts. Plus: Warnie biopic ridiculed by viewers

The Guardian - AU

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Journalists who investigated Ben Roberts-Smith to appear in Newcastle

Both writers are launching new books about their coverage.

Newcastle Herald

Paul Bongiorno: Roberts-Smith case shines intense spotlight on investigative journalism

Media companies can often cut their losses and pay 'go away' money to plaintiffs especially when being represented by 'no win no fee' laywers.

The New Daily

Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial of the century all boiled down to the question of who was lying

Ben Roberts-Smith's loss is seen as a major win for Australian investigative journalism, with the Federal Court finding in favour of the substantial truth in the news articles about him.

ABC News

Australian Defence Force must prosecute any war crimes committed in Afghanistan

Roberts-Smith could conceivably face criminal prosecution at a future war crimes trial for the alleged murders.

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Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven after losing defamation fight against Nine

Seven’s chief executive thanked Roberts-Smith for his commitment to network and wished former soldier ‘all the best’

The Guardian - AU

Australian Defence Force must ensure the findings against Ben Roberts-Smith are not the end of the story

On Thursday, Justice Anthony Besanko of the Federal Court dismissed defamation proceedings brought by former Special Air Service soldier Ben Roberts-Smith against several Australian news outlets.

The Conversation

Kerry Stokes’ gamble on Ben Roberts-Smith backfires as Seven bets on Bruce Lehrmann

The former Coalition staffer, who denies claims by Brittany Higgins, will appear on Seven’s Spotlight program on Sunday to tell ‘his side of the story’. Plus: Crikey celebrates a legal win

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven as war crimes judgement reverberates around globe

Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from his job at Seven West Media, as the company's billionaire chairman Kerry Stokes says the imputations found to be true in yesterday's crushing court judgement do "not accord with the man I know".

ABC News

Morning Mail: Australia’s lag on gambling regulation, fire ant alarm, Brexit ‘historic error’

New report warns nation is far behind other developed countries in controlling digital punters, calls for removal of Ben Roberts-Smith uniform display, and the insects eating their way to Sydney

The Guardian - AU

Media mogul faces enormous costs after Ben Roberts-Smith’s loss

Media boss Kerry Stokes may have an eye-watering bill after backing Ben Roberts-Smith in the biggest defamation trial in Australia's history.

The New Daily

The man who wasn’t there: Ben Roberts-Smith misses his day of reckoning

On the day a judge ruled the Victoria Cross winner had lost his defamation case and been proven to be a war criminal, Roberts-Smith didn’t turn up to court

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Daily Mirror

Afghan war veteran 'shot prisoner dead and kept prosthetic leg to drink beer'

A federal court judge found that articles published claiming that Ben Roberts-Smith had unlawfully killed Afghan prisoners and "bullied and harassed" Afghan civilians were "substantially true"

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation loss bad news for Seven boss as Nine marks ‘day of justice’

Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, who parachuted the former soldier into a network job in 2015, says ‘the judgment does not accord with the man I know’

The Guardian - AU

The Ben Roberts-Smith defamation judgment: read Justice Anthony Besanko’s full summary

In the federal court of Australia the judge dismissed the Victoria Cross recipient’s case against three newspapers who accused him of war crimes

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation verdict to end high-stakes battle between Australian media giants

Not only is it high stakes between Australia’s largest media companies but experts say this case will likely affect future public interest stories

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The Guardian - AU

Nine and Seven go from TV ratings spat to claims of lost ‘landmark defamation’ case

Nine’s James Chessell says star reporter Nick McKenzie’s case settled, not lost. Plus: Norman Swan’s ‘controversial’ award

The Guardian - AU

Nine publisher says he was not contacted by Peter Costello over Nine’s Crown coverage

James Chessell sends email to staff after both he and the Nine chairman were the subject of an email attack by James Packer

The Guardian - AU

Russia, why aren’t you listening? Australian journalists wake up to sanctions but ABC’s Matt Bevan left out

ABC News

Victorian inquiry into far-right extremism warned children are being radicalised

Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie, who infiltrated a neo-Nazi group, tells the inquiry children as young as 10 are being radicalised and he believes police are "overwhelmed" by the level of threatening language online.

AAP

Australian extremism focus 'myopic'

A Victorian parliamentary inquiry has been told law enforcement agencies' focus on Islamist extremism has come at the expense of targeting the far-right.

ABC News

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells court he 'pities' Ben Roberts-Smith

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells a Sydney court he "pities" war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith, who is suing the publisher of several newspapers for defamation.

ABC News

Former colleague denies trying to 'smear the reputation' of decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith

Under cross-examination at the defamation trial, the one-time colleague of Ben Roberts-Smith rejects suggestions that he tried to "spread rubbish" about the Victoria Cross recipient, insisting he was telling the truth.

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