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Michael Caine announces debut thriller to be published in November

The actor’s novel, Deadly Game, features an ex-SAS police officer called Harry who must grapple with neo-Nazis, wealthy Russians and Colombian drug cartels

The Guardian - UK

Ben Roberts-Smith judgment shows few have ever fallen so far

Justice Anthony Besanko’s full verdict describes how Australia’s most decorated soldier lied to save his reputation

The Guardian - AU

‘Not a war crimes trial’: News Corp ramps up support of Ben Roberts-Smith

Sky News host Peta Credlin says the comment sections on her articles prove that the public supports the disgraced former soldier.

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‘I’m no longer proud’: the Liberal MP who gave evidence against Ben Roberts-Smith

One of the few SAS veterans who could be identified during the defamation trial was opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie.

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Raking over the coals

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek faces a legal challenge over her coalmine assessment decisions, and Australia is expected to send missile-capable, four-wheel-drive armoured cars to Ukraine.

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‘Lies, murder and witness intimidation’: Judge scathing of Ben Roberts-Smith

Victoria Cross holder Ben Roberts-Smith was "not an honest and reliable witness" who lied about his involvement in war crimes, a judge says.

The New Daily

The Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case judgement is 726 pages long. Here are five key findings

The full findings into the Victoria Cross recipient's unsuccessful defamation lawsuit are now public, and outline Justice Anthony Besanko's reasoning. Here are five findings you may have missed.

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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case: key findings from the complete judgment

Australia’s most decorated soldier sued the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times – and the case was dismissed. We examine what Justice Anthony Besanko found, and why

The Guardian - AU

Union brands specialist doctors’ pay exclusion ‘gross injustice’

The British Medical Association said the Government is refusing to acknowledge the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on doctors.

The Independent UK

Murders, hidden evidence and threats: judge releases scathing full judgment on Ben Roberts-Smith

Justice Besanko’s complete findings, released today, found the Victoria Cross recipient lied about murdering civilians, deliberately hid evidence from court and threatened potential witnesses

The Guardian - AU

Australia's most decorated war veteran "responsible for murder", says judge

Australia's most decorated soldier was "complicit in and responsible for the murder" of three Afghan men on deployment, a judge said, elaborating on his finding against the former SAS special forces corporal in a blockbuster defamation trial.

Reuters

Ben Roberts-Smith had ‘motives to lie’ about murders

Ben Roberts-Smith was "not an honest and reliable witness" who had reason to lie in his failed defamation cases over war crimes reports, a judge has found.

The New Daily

Ben Roberts-Smith may have committed criminal offence, judge in defamation trial finds

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith may have committed a criminal offence by sending threatening letters to a former SAS colleague, a Federal Court judge finds.

ABC News

Kerry Stokes should be held accountable for failing as a guardian of journalism and free speech

It’s scandalous that the Seven Network chairman disregarded his role as a custodian of journalism by launching a legal war against a rival.

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Full judgement in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case to be made public

Last week's abridged version of Justice Anthony Besanko's judgement is set to be fleshed out when his full reasons are published today.

ABC News

Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial of the century all boiled down to the question of who was lying

Ben Roberts-Smith's loss is seen as a major win for Australian investigative journalism, with the Federal Court finding in favour of the substantial truth in the news articles about him.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith has been dealt a crushing blow. The full fallout is yet to come

Australia’s most decorated living soldier has had his defamation case dismissed, but questions remain over his future

The Independent UK

Australian decorated hero quits corporate job after Afghanistan war crime revelations

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has quit his corporate job after a civil court blamed the national hero for unlawfully killing four Afghans and escalated calls for him to be stripped of his revered Victoria Cross medal

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Disgraced SAS Soldier Ben Roberts-Smith Has Quit Channel 7 After A Judge Branded Him A War Criminal

Ben Roberts-Smith was farewelled quite sadly by Channel 7 execs after stepped down from his role, despite being a war criminal.

The New Daily

Ben Roberts-Smith quits Seven Network management role

Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has quit his job at the Seven Network amid the fallout from Thursday's landmark Federal Court ruling.

ABC News

Dutton says Ben Roberts-Smith ruling a 'tough day for our country', while Taliban claims foreign forces carried out 'uncountable crimes'

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the court ruling against decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith was a "tough day for the country" and believes there has been a "significant culture change" at the Australian Defence Force.

ABC News

From 'Australian hero' to 'disgracing' his country — Ben Roberts-Smith's fall from grace

Once a hero to politicians and civilians alike, a court found the 44-year-old's reputation is now so lowered that two unproven allegations of battlefield murder weren't enough to defame him.

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How Ben Roberts-Smith’s disgrace could inspire a national reckoning

There’s no doubt the decorated war criminal deserves our ire, but so too does our nationalistic Anzac mythology.

ABC News

Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven as war crimes judgement reverberates around globe

Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from his job at Seven West Media, as the company's billionaire chairman Kerry Stokes says the imputations found to be true in yesterday's crushing court judgement do "not accord with the man I know".

The Week

Ben Roberts-Smith: will more Afghanistan war crimes trials follow?

Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost a defamation case against newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan in a landmark ruling with widespread implications for future criminal trials.

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