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Diggers get royal welcome ahead of funeral

William, the new Prince of Wales, has visited Australian troops as they prepare for the funeral ceremony for the Queen.

AAP

Australia to take South Pacific leaders to UK royal funeral

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tuvalu have accepted his offer to fly representatives to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

The Independent UK

'So very regal': Aunty Val among Aussies invited to Queen's funeral

Ten Australians have been invited to the Queen's funeral.

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Ben Roberts-Smith: Australian soldier to travel to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

Department of Defence says Australian taxpayers will cover flight cost ‘upon request’

The Guardian - AU

'Stakes high for both sides' as Ben Roberts-Smith marathon trial comes to an end

After 110 days of hearings and more than 40 witnesses, a judge has retired to consider his findings in the marathon defamation case, with high stakes for both public interest journalism and a highly decorated war veteran.

ABC News

Morning mail: challenges ahead amid soaring inflation, US lifts interest rate, farewell to Ramsay Street

Thursday: Treasurer trims economic growth prediction amid warnings the world is ‘on the edge’ of global recession. Plus: a deep dive into colonic irrigation clinics

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial laid bare the brutal reality of Australia’s decades-long war in Afghanistan – now the ex-soldier awaits judgment

While costs of about $25m and possibly millions in damages are at stake, the trial also has existential implications for Australian journalism

The Guardian - AU

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The Loop: Australia's inflation hits a 21-year high, the Ben Roberts-Smith trial comes to an end, and a man builds a Bluey ute

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ABC News

Roberts-Smith's defamation trial concludes

The defamation trial launched by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has concluded more than a year after it began with the judge reserving his decision.

AAP

Ben Roberts-Smith’s year-long defamation trial against three newspapers concludes

Ex-soldier’s barrister tells court that reporters ‘jumped on rumours’, while newspapers’ counsel alleges Roberts-Smith ‘prepared to lie under oath’

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial concludes with judge's verdict likely months away

The marathon defamation trial brought on by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith concludes after his lawyer tells a Sydney court he is the victim of a "war of words" by bitter, jealous ex-colleagues who fed lies to journalists.

ABC News

Sydney news: NSW police renew appeal for information in Canterbury Alsehli sister deaths

MORNING BRIEFING: Police are renewing their appeal for information into the mysterious deaths of two sisters, who were found in separate rooms inside a south-west Sydney unit last month.

ABC News

Defence force documents disprove allegation Ben Roberts-Smith killed teenager in Afghanistan, defamation trial hears

Former soldier’s lawyer says defence documents show teenager was released unharmed but newspapers say they are not accurate

The Guardian - AU

Evidence of Afghan witnesses against Ben Roberts-Smith ‘hardly neutral’, lawyer tells court

Lawyers for Ben Roberts-Smith urge Justice Besanko to disregard evidence of Afghan witnesses, saying the men were prejudiced against Australian soldiers

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Roberts-Smith alleged kick due to 'laugh'

The motivation for Ben Roberts-Smith allegedly kicking an unarmed Afghan prisoner off a cliff was because he laughed at him, the Federal Court has been told.

AAP

Roberts-Smith's lawyer says witnesses lied

Ben Roberts-Smith's lawyer says evidence given against him had not established any of the grave allegations made by the newspapers he is suing for defamation.

The Guardian - AU

‘Fanciful, nonsense’: case against Ben Roberts-Smith ‘based on conjecture’, lawyer tells defamation trial

Former soldier’s barrister says newspapers accusing him of murders while part of SAS ‘failed to establish any motive’ and the case is ‘an embarrassment’

ABC News

Ben Roberts-Smith legal counsel says witnesses who gave evidence against the war veteran are liars

Witnesses against Ben Roberts-Smith in his long-running defamation case are "liars, perjurers and gossips", a barrister tells the Federal Court in his closing address.

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The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith allegedly attempted to ‘intimidate’ witnesses, lawyers for newspapers tell defamation trial

In closing submissions newspapers’ counsel claims alleged actions are forceful indicators of Roberts-Smith’s ‘consciousness of guilt’

AAP

Roberts-Smith's victim 'most impressive'

A serving SAS soldier savagely bullied by Ben Roberts-Smith is one of the most impressive witnesses to be called at the defamation trial, a judge has heard.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: child Covid fine revelations in NSW, final two in Tory leadership contest, polenta aplenty

Thursday: investigation reveals NSW government suggested children as young as 10 could work off fines of about $1,000. Plus: Novak Djokovic likely to be barred from US Open

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith ‘prepared to lie under oath’, newspapers’ lawyer tells defamation trial

Barrister for newspapers tells court former soldier was either an ‘architect or knowing beneficiary of … dishonest collusion’, in closing submissions

ABC News

Ben Roberts-Smith prepared to 'lie under oath', judge told in defamation trial

Ben Roberts-Smith and four of his witnesses gave "wholly implausible" evidence about one alleged war crime and "seriously damaged" his credibility, a judge hears.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial hears Australian SAS soldiers ‘turned a blind eye’ to alleged war crimes

In closing submissions, newspapers’ lawyer accuses several of Roberts-Smith’s witnesses of ‘outright dishonesty’

AAP

SAS soldiers ignored 'despicable crimes'

SAS soldiers who eventually testified against Ben Roberts-Smith were willing to turn a blind eye to alleged crimes due to a code of silence, a judge has heard.

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