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Madonna King: Sorry end to hero in case that divided an army

We should all feel a bit sad because this sorry saga will be etched into our history as period that divided our army.

The New Daily · Jun 1, 2023

What comes next for war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith after his defamation case was dismissed?

Ben Roberts-Smith has lost one of the most expensive defamation trials in Australia, and along with it his reputation. There are other factors that now need to be considered too.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2023

Ben Roberts-Smith: calls for uniform to be removed from Australian War Memorial display

Greens say removal would be ‘first step in correcting the official record’ after federal court dismisses defamation case

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2023

Ben Roberts-Smith: the murders and war crimes at the heart of a seismic defamation battle

Judge found the newspapers had proven their defence of substantial truth on allegations of a murder and two executions

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2023

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 · Jun 1, 2023

Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia’s most decorated living soldier loses war crimes defamation case

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran has lost a defamation case in which three newspapers accused him of committing war crimes in Afghanistan.

Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2023

'Dismissed': legal experts explain the judgment in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

Today, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko handed down his long-awaited judgment in the defamation case that Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living former SAS soldier, brought against the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times.

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2023

As the Ben Roberts-Smith case proves, it’s time for Australia to abandon our farcical Anzac myths

Good history – like good journalism and justice – has fact as its bedrock

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2023

What did Ben Roberts-Smith do? This is what his civil case found

Justice Anthony Besanko's full reasons for his judgement are yet to be released, but today he outlined the serious allegations Nine's lawyers had proved the "substantial truth" of.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2023

Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes in my country – his targets are the forgotten victims of Australia’s Afghan war

The judge in Roberts-Smith’s defamation case found he committed murder. Will Australia remember the names of those Afghans whose deaths sat at the centre of testimony?

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2023