The disgraced war veteran has agreed to pay the legal costs of his failed defamation action,but his billionaire backer Kerry Stokes will fight on against any repayments.
Independent Kooyong MP Monique Ryan bills taxpayers $28,000 for business class flights
Samantha Crompvoets,who raised the alarm on war crimes committed by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan,has become collateral damage.
What I came up against was more than the horrific acts of a few rogue soldiers. It was the cult of brand “SAS”;the cult of the male warrior. I’d dared question their heroes.
Sam White,media lawyer at Nine Entertainment Co,the owner of this masthead,argues why the media should celebrate all of its wins together.
In his forthcoming book Crossing the Line,an investigative journalist at the heart of the trial shares the moment that changed its course.
One of Australia’s leading defence barristers says jurors “from outer space” would be needed to hear ex-soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s case if it went to trial. But other legal experts argue the judicial system is robust and that jurors can be trusted to fulfil their duty.
Crossing the Line tells the story of how the Walkley Award winner exposed Ben Roberts-Smith and fought the biggest defamation court case in Australian history.
Ben Roberts-Smith has ruled out apologising to the families affected by his actions in Afghanistan.
A new joint taskforce will investigate Ben Roberts-Smith’s alleged crimes in Afghanistan after a long-running federal police inquiry was abandoned over concerns about admissibility of evidence.
Military experts say it would have been easier to remove honours from more junior officers if the nation’s most senior military leader handed back his own.