Defamation law
PM declines to comment on Roberts-Smith ruling – as it happened
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Josh Taylor (now) and Natasha May (earlier)
02, Jun, 2023 @8:24 AM
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’
Amanda Meade
02, Jun, 2023 @4:56 AM
Why the Ben Roberts-Smith verdict is not a complete victory for journalism | Hugh Riminton
Nine could still face a bill into seven figures, experts say, amid concerns that fear of expensive legal action could discourage future investigations
Hugh Riminton
01, Jun, 2023 @8:30 PM
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
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
01, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM
Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation case, with judge finding former SAS soldier committed war crimes
Justice Anthony Besanko found newspapers established substantial or contextual truth of allegations of murders of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan
Ben Doherty in Sydney
01, Jun, 2023 @10:40 AM
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
Ben Doherty in Sydney
01, Jun, 2023 @9:58 AM
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
Elias Visontay and Ben Doherty
01, Jun, 2023 @9:32 AM
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’
Amanda Meade
01, Jun, 2023 @9:26 AM
Judge hands down defamation findings – as it happened
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Josh Taylor (now) and Christopher Knaus (earlier)
01, Jun, 2023 @8:52 AM
As the Ben Roberts-Smith case proves, it’s time for Australia to abandon our farcical myths of Anzac | Paul Daley
Good history – like good journalism and justice – has fact as its bedrock
Paul Daley
01, Jun, 2023 @7:59 AM
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
Guardian staff
01, Jun, 2023 @6:04 AM
Ben Roberts-Smith: the explosive allegations of war crimes at the heart of defamation case
The Victoria Cross recipient claims a series of news stories defamed him but the newspapers defended their reporting as true. As a verdict looms, we look at the key details of the case
Ben Doherty
01, Jun, 2023 @5:46 AM
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