The Latest Breaking News from Victoria Cross

Good morning, early birds. Independent NSW MP Gareth Ward has been charged with the alleged sexual abuse of a 17-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man in separate incidents, and the dramatic events of Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial continue. It’s the news you need to know, with Josefine Ganko.

The woman at the centre of domestic violence allegations against war hero Ben Roberts-Smith has denied telling barefaced lies to the Federal Court.

Person 17, who is at the centre of an allegation of domestic violence, which Ben Roberts-Smith denies, will enter the witness box

An elite soldier who spoke anonymously to Nine's 60 Minutes about allegations against Ben Roberts-Smith, denies being motivated by hatred and seeking to "blacken" the war veteran's name after he received the Victoria Cross.

A former colleague of Ben Roberts-Smith tells a Sydney court the Victoria Cross recipient said he wanted to "watch the life drain" from a person's eyes after the death of a soldier in Afghanistan.

It's difficult to imagine two environments more different than a club of country wives and a military unit of elite soldiers, but evidence at the Ben Roberts-Smith trial this week says otherwise.

Former SAS sergeant tells defamation trial he still believes Roberts-Smith a deserving VC recipient but process ‘politicised’

A former SAS sergeant has told the Federal Court the prestigious Victoria Cross was politicised and partly awarded to Ben Roberts-Smith as a "good news story".

Former police officer turned private investigator tells defamation hearing the Victoria Cross recipient asked him to take blame for letters

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith told SAS troopers during a training session to execute Afghan prisoners, the Federal Court has been told.

The court this week heard from the Victoria Cross winner’s estranged wife, and from a fellow soldier who feared Roberts-Smith more than the Taliban.