Ben Roberts-Smith’s million-dollar gamble in defamation appeal

Ben Roberts-Smith’s million-dollar gamble in defamation appeal

The battle lines are drawn in the former SAS corporal’s appeal,which starts on Monday and will run for 10 days.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn

Latest

Lehrmann,the Murdochs,Ita Buttrose and media’s big hits in 2023

Lehrmann,the Murdochs,Ita Buttrose and media’s big hits in 2023

The media industry’s year was filled with shock resignations,succession plans and landmark court rulings.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Best features – 2023
Magazine
Good Weekend

Best features – 2023

From politics and private affairs to court battles,culture wars and more:reader favourites from Good Weekend in 2023.

22stories
What links Boris Johnson and Taylor Swift? They sold out in Sydney

What links Boris Johnson and Taylor Swift? They sold out in Sydney

The former British PM’s visit down under aroused such excitement that the organisers had to boost the event’s capacity.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Kerry Stokes capitulates in fight over costs of Roberts-Smith defamation battle

Kerry Stokes capitulates in fight over costs of Roberts-Smith defamation battle

The move will prevent communications between the former soldier’s lawyers and his chief supporters at Seven from being made public.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andBianca Hall
Lehrmann case brings home the risks of suing for a court victory
Opinion
Courts

Lehrmann case brings home the risks of suing for a court victory

The similarity between the stakes of two high-profile defamation cases doesn’t end with the fact that they share the same lawyers.

  • byNick McKenzie
Advertisement
Roberts-Smith’s lawyers seek to block war crimes investigators from secret emails

Roberts-Smith’s lawyers seek to block war crimes investigators from secret emails

The disgraced former SAS corporal claims he could be prejudiced if emails and messages he sent Seven Network executives can be accessed by authorities.

  • byBianca Hall
Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart wins ‘pseudoscience’ award

Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart wins ‘pseudoscience’ award

Former journalist Ross Coulthart,who spun for war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith,won the Australian Skeptics’ bent spoon award for his claims about UFOs.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Seven West Media loses fight against the release of executives’ emails

Seven West Media loses fight against the release of executives’ emails

Thousands of emails between Seven West Media executives and disgraced former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team will be released to commercial rival Nine.

  • byBianca Hall
Ben Roberts-Smith ordered to pay additional costs in marathon defamation case

Ben Roberts-Smith ordered to pay additional costs in marathon defamation case

A Federal Court judge has ordered disgraced former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith to pay a greater proportion of the legal costs incurred by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald in his marathon defamation case.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Tony Abbott joins forces with ultra-right Hungarian think tank

Tony Abbott joins forces with ultra-right Hungarian think tank

The former PM is a guest speaker and writer for the Danube Institute,backed by Hungary’s chest-thumping nationalist leader Viktor Orban.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andDavid Estcourt