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Australian SAS soldiers in Afghanistan.

‘Not justice’: RSL blasts delay in resolving Afghanistan war crimes allegations

The nation’s peak veterans’ organisation argues delays are sapping morale and unfairly smearing those who have served in uniform. 

  • Matthew Knott

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Ben Roberts-Smith and Nick McKenzie outside the Federal Court in Sydney last year.

Nine loses bid to keep settlement with Ben Roberts-Smith’s lover secret

The media company sought a 50-year suppression order over a settlement it reached with a woman who gave evidence against Roberts-Smith in his defamation case.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Ben Roberts-Smith (centre), former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty, right, and ex-deputy commissioner Ramzi Jabbour.

AFP fails to identify leak that cruelled Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes investigation

The Australian Federal Police has finally released embarrassing documents showing it still cannot identify the source of a damaging tip-off.

  • Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
Investigative journalists Chris Masters (left) and Nick McKenzie, speak outside the court after winning a defamation case brought against them by Ben Roberts-Smith.

Invited, uninvited, reinvited: Journalist will deliver controversial speech

Chris Masters has been re-invited to deliver the CEW Bean war history lecture, after a neutral venue was secured.

  • Harriet Alexander
Who is impersonating Ben Roberts-Smith?

The mystery of the Ben Roberts-Smith impersonator

For $150, you can buy a “motivational video” from someone pretending to be disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald had sought to establish if Gina Rinehart covered the costs of Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation appeal.

Nine drops pursuit of Gina Rinehart over Roberts-Smith millions

It brings an end to an attempt by the media outlets at the centre of his defamation case to ascertain if Gina Rinehart was funding his multimillion-dollar appeal.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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Australian War Memorial chair Kim Beazley has defended the decision not to award a literary prize to veteran journalist Chris Masters.

Kim Beazley defends controversial decision to deny Chris Masters a literary prize

The Australian War Memorial Council chair insisted the decision had nothing to do with the fact Masters’ book was about war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith.

  • Matthew Knott
Disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith appealed all the way to the High Court and lost in his defamation case.

Albanese backs War Memorial council despite prize fiasco

The council effectively overturned a decision by a judging panel to give a major literary award to a book on disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

  • Nick Bonyhady and Connor McGoverne
Ben Roberts-Smith at the Federal Court in Sydney in May.

Australian War Memorial changes book prize rules to reject Ben Roberts-Smith exposé

When the judges announced acclaimed journalist Chris Masters as the winner, it proved a step too far for the institution.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Kerry Stokes and Ben Roberts-Smith.

Kerry Stokes hit with $13.5m legal bill for Roberts-Smith court fight

The astronomical cost of the former Special Air Service corporal’s failed defamation case will be borne by the Seven West Media chairman.

  • Michaela Whitbourn