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Adelaide Lang

'You owe me': text inflames veteran's bid for retrial

Ben Roberts-Smith wants to reopen his appeal against war crimes findings in the Federal Court. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

One of Australia's most decorated journalists has been accused of not telling the "complete truth" about incidents that could allow disgraced veteran Ben Roberts-Smith to clear his name.

Roberts-Smith is pushing to reopen his 2024 appeal to earlier defamation findings that he - on the balance of probabilities - committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

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