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Chelsea target Brighton's recruitment head 15 months after hiring their last one: Since the takeover of Chelsea by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital ...
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Chelsea target Brighton's recruitment head 15 months after hiring their ...
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ABC defamation bill hits $1.9 million over four years: The national broadcaster has spent more than $700,000 in defamation settlements alone over the past three ...
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ABC defamation bill hits $1.9 million over four years
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Yumi slams 10, leaves Project hosts stunned: In an awkward on-air moment media personality Yumi Stynes called out Network 10 for not giving her work in recent ...
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Yumi slams 10, leaves Project hosts stunned
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‘I’d never seen a courtroom so still’: The witness who rocked the Roberts-Smith trial
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‘I’d never seen a courtroom so still’: The witness who rocked the ...
Quick Glance: The Witness Who Shook the Roberts-Smith Trial
  • Roberts-Smith's authoritative presence in court and Levitan's dedication were pivotal.

  • Publishing stories led to backlash, while threats were received from veterans defending Roberts-Smith.

  • Brendan Nelson and Kerry Stokes fiercely defended Roberts-Smith, overshadowing the response to allegations.

  • The veteran witness Jason Andrews was crucial in proving the war crime allegation.
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Stokes forced to reveal communications with Roberts-Smith’s lawyers: Ben Roberts-Smith’s key supporters at Seven West Media must hand over thousands of documents ...
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Stokes forced to reveal communications with Roberts-Smith’s lawyers
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What to read next? The gripping inside story behind the ‘trial of the century’: Journalist Nick McKenzie tells the story of the investigation into Australia’s ...
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What to read next? The gripping inside story behind the ‘trial of the ...
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Seven director’s 8600 emails about Roberts-Smith defamation case: Nine newspapers are seeking access to thousands of emails Seven commercial director Bruce ...
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Seven director’s 8600 emails about Roberts-Smith defamation case
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War Memorial installs plaques noting ‘gravity’ of Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case
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War Memorial installs plaques noting ‘gravity’ of Ben Roberts-Smith ...
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Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven after losing defamation fight against Nine: Seven’s chief executive thanked Roberts-Smith for his commitment to network and ...
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Quick Glance: Kerry Stokes plans next steps regarding Ben Roberts-Smith
  • Stokes expresses concerns about the decision not aligning with his knowledge of Ben Roberts-Smith.

  • Reputation is of great importance.

  • Stokes, whose family holds the majority ownership of Seven West Media, initially funded the case through the public company before transferring liability to a loan from a private company called Australian Capital Equity.

  • Ben remains on leave and will review the judgment with us to make a decision about his future in the near future.
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Ben Roberts-Smith and four key witnesses were not honest or reliable, judge says in full verdict
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Quick Glance: Inconsistent Media Coverage of Roberts-Smith Despite Extensive Attention
  • Australia's domestic media provided more intense coverage, making it perhaps the biggest news event of the year.

  • However, the coverage was less uniform in a bitterly divided media landscape, likely due to Roberts-Smith's employment at Seven and financial backing by owner Kerry Stokes.

  • News Corp gave the defamation case front-page treatment across the country, despite previously publishing softer stories on Roberts-Smith.

  • Seven West Media Group, which employed Roberts-Smith throughout the trial and is controlled by financial backer Kerry Stokes, took a more muted approach.
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Morning Mail: Closing the Gap report shows ‘why we need a voice’, robodebt raised in Fadden fight, EU trade talks stall
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Morning Mail: Closing the Gap report shows ‘why we need a voice’ ...
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Australian War Hero, Found Guilty Of Four Afghan Murders, Files Appeal: Former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, who won Australia's highest military honour ...
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Australian War Hero, Found Guilty Of Four Afghan Murders, Files Appeal
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A civil court defamation ruling that found Ben Roberts-Smith played a part in the murders. #FMTNews #FMTWorld Show more
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A judge has ruled that media reports of an elite Australian soldier killing civilians in Afghanistan were ‘substantially true ... Show more

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Herald’s court victory, first and foremost, a win for the truth: One of the most significant defamation cases in Australian history has vindicated the reporting ...
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Herald’s court victory, first and foremost, a win for the truth
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Big loss for Stokes and Seven in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation costs battle: The patrons of the disgraced war hero do not agree they should bear the costs of his ...
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Big loss for Stokes and Seven in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation costs battle
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Australia braces for judgement in war crimes’ defamation case: Ex-special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith says newspaper articles were defamatory because they ...
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Australia braces for judgement in war crimes’ defamation case
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The reckoning over Afghanistan war crimes is only just beginning: The wheels of justice and public debate have kept grinding beyond the confines of the landmark ...
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The reckoning over Afghanistan war crimes is only just beginning
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Ben Roberts-Smith agrees to pay costs of failed defamation action: The disgraced war veteran has agreed to pay the legal costs of his failed defamation action - ...
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Ben Roberts-Smith agrees to pay costs of failed defamation action
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Australia confronts ‘war hero’ myth after Ben Roberts-Smith case: Veneration of veterans gained momentum in the John Howard era and the revelations from ...
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Australia confronts ‘war hero’ myth after Ben Roberts-Smith case
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Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against newspapers which accused him of war crimes. A judge ruled that the soldier murdered unarmed ... Show more

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Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith VC, murdered or was complicit in the murder of multiple unarmed civilians while serving in the ... Show more
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‘Massive blow’: AFP war crimes probe collapses over risk of tainted evidence: A new joint taskforce will investigate Ben Roberts-Smith’s alleged crimes in ...
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‘Massive blow’: AFP war crimes probe collapses over risk of tainted ...
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Australia news LIVE: Detail in Ben Roberts-Smith judgment to be handed down today; Bruce Lehrmann considers suing Brittany Higgins over rape claim
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Australia news LIVE: Detail in Ben Roberts-Smith judgment to be handed ...
Quick Glance: Kathleen Folbigg pardoned for conviction in deaths of her four children
  • A woman convicted in Australia for the deaths of her four children has been pardoned after a review found reasonable doubt in the original convictions.

  • Kathleen Folbigg was convicted in 2003 for the murder of three of her children and the manslaughter of a fourth, leading her to be branded 'Australia’s worst female serial killer'.

  • A 2019 trial upheld Ms Folbigg’s guilt, but a second inquiry in 2022 examined new evidence suggesting two of the children had a genetic mutation that could have caused their deaths.

  • On Monday, Michael Daley, the Attorney General of New South Wales, granted Kathleen Folbigg an unconditional pardon after summary findings from the inquiry found reasonable doubt for each conviction.
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Artist breaks silence on controversial Ben Roberts-Smith portrait: There are growing calls for the Australian War Memorial to remove or amend its Roberts-Smith ...
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Artist breaks silence on controversial Ben Roberts-Smith portrait
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Australia’s reputation has been hit. We need more than Sarah Snook for success: What is especially noteworthy about Australia’s run of bad foreign press is that ...
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Australia’s reputation has been hit. We need more than Sarah Snook for ...
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Australia’s reputation has been hit. We need more than Sarah Snook for success: What is especially noteworthy about Australia’s run of bad foreign press is that ...
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Australia’s reputation has been hit. We need more than Sarah Snook for ...
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Australian war veteran threatened witnesses in defamation trial: Australian war veteran threatened witnesses in defamation trial
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Australian war veteran threatened witnesses in defamation trial
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No heroes any more? Yes there are, you just need to know where to look: Those with a moral centre are the ones we should hail as heroic, and they are all around ...
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No heroes any more? Yes there are, you just need to know where to look
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They proved Ben Roberts-Smith was a war criminal. They didn’t expect to become part of the story
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They proved Ben Roberts-Smith was a war criminal. They didn’t expect to ...
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Australian government considers compensation for Afghanistan war crime victims: Human rights and legal groups have stepped up their calls for a compensation plan ...
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Australian government considers compensation for Afghanistan war crime ...
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Highly-decorated Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses case against media giants amidst grave war crimes allegations

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Highly-decorated Australian soldier loses case against media giants amidst grave war crimes allegations
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Highly-decorated Australian soldier loses case against media giants amidst ...
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Why The Age will always stick to its code: One of the most significant defamation cases in Australian history has vindicated the reporting and perseverance of ...
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Why The Age will always stick to its code
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‘The stakes are incredibly high’: Judge to rule on Roberts-Smith case: It is the multimillion-dollar defamation battle billed as a test of public interest ...
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‘The stakes are incredibly high’: Judge to rule on Roberts-Smith case