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Sam McKeith

Roberts-Smith trial could shift to WA

Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation lawsuit over alleged war crimes could be moved to WA. (AAP)

Ben Roberts-Smith's high-profile defamation trial could be shifted to Western Australia to make it easier to hear evidence from key witnesses based in that state, a court has been told.

The war hero's lawsuit against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan was halted in August last year due to COVID-19 complications and was scheduled to resume on February 2.

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