Ben Roberts-Smith
Key witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial acted ‘like a drunken fool’ towards police, says magistrate
Federal police sought former soldier’s phone as part of investigation into war crimes potentially committed in Afghanistan
Ben Doherty
06, Feb, 2023 @7:14 AM
Anthony Albanese is off to the Queen’s funeral. What will he do in the UK and who will he meet?
The PM will attend the royal funeral along with 10 ‘everyday’ Australians, and will have a one-on-one audience with King Charles III
Paul Karp
15, Sep, 2022 @2:35 AM
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’
Ben Doherty and Sarah Martin
13, Sep, 2022 @6:00 AM
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
Ben Doherty
27, Jul, 2022 @5:30 PM
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’
Ben Doherty
27, Jul, 2022 @6:09 AM
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
Ben Doherty
26, Jul, 2022 @8:23 AM
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
Ben Doherty
25, Jul, 2022 @10:06 AM
‘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’
Ben Doherty
22, Jul, 2022 @6:38 AM
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’
Ben Doherty
21, Jul, 2022 @10:17 AM
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
Ben Doherty
20, Jul, 2022 @8:11 AM
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’
Ben Doherty
19, Jul, 2022 @8:46 AM
Ben Roberts-Smith was targeted after being awarded Victoria Cross, his barrister tells court
Closing submissions begin in the former SAS soldier’s long-running defamation trial against three newspapers
Ben Doherty
18, Jul, 2022 @7:51 AM
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