The Latest Breaking News from Ben Roberts-Smith

A former SAS patrol commander tells the Federal Court that he only found out this week that Mr Roberts-Smith's employer, billionaire businessman Kerry Stokes, has been paying his legal fees since 2020.

Ben Roberts-Smith's former patrol commander has described as a witch hunt the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force's probe into Afghanistan.

A former elite soldier colleague of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith tells a Sydney court he never used the term "blooding the rookie" or killed anyone taken prisoner in Afghanistan.

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Tuesday: Ben Roberts-Smith is calling a former patrol commander as his first witness-in-reply in his defamation trial. Plus: how to take your cat for a walk

MORNING BRIEFING: A man has suffered burns to his face and neck after an explosion and fire at a warehouse in Sydney's west.

Former soldier has been accused of ordering execution of unarmed elderly man, which three newspapers allege Roberts-Smith did nothing to stop

Soldier refused to answer questions about one mission on grounds of self-incrimination on offence of ‘the most serious nature’

A former elite soldier tells a court he felt "threatened" that if he did not cooperate with newspapers being sued by Ben Roberts-Smith, he would instead be subpoenaed as a hostile witness.