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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Ben Roberts-Smith appeals defamation ruling; Clare Nowland’s family sues NSW government; and abortion pill access made easier

A cut out of Ben Roberts-Smith with shadow effect
Ben Roberts-Smith has lodged an appeal after losing his defamation case in the federal court. Composite: AAP

Good afternoon. Ben Roberts-Smith – the decorated SAS soldier who was found by the federal court on the balance of probabilities to have committed war crimes in Afghanistan – is appealing against the decision.

Roberts-Smith had his defamation trial against the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times dismissed last month by the federal court judge Anthony Besanko. The former soldier filed his appeal this afternoon, two days before the appeal deadline.

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