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The case has been front page news in Australia and has even made headlines around the world, on CNN and the BBC, for example.
It has prompted much analysis about Australia’s defamation laws. Continue reading What does the Ben Roberts Smith trial mean for news?
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Every front-line soldier knows war is hell. It’s an enormous responsibility to pick out an enemy fighter, aim a weapon at them and then pull the trigger knowing death is the likely result. That’s why in conflict there are very … Continue reading Soldier’s heartbreaking journey for forgiveness after horror in Afghanistan | 60 Minutes Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/01/ben-roberts-smith-committed-war-crimes-in-my-country-his-targets-are-the-forgotten-victims-of-australias-afghan-war Continue reading Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes in my country – his targets are the forgotten victims of Australia’s Afghan war
A massive tranche of closely guarded photographs, messages, police reports and private war stories has been released in the twilight days of Ben Roberts-Smith‘s defamation trial giving never before seen insight into many of the key witnesses and war crime accusations. Read more here Continue reading New documents have been released in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial, shedding light on its most closely guarded moments.
An article originally written in 2008 for the ABC by former academic Tony Smith for ABC online where he argues that the tradition of Australians fighting other people’s wars began in WWI. This article was updated in 2020. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-11-11/38318 Continue reading Anzac: the legend’s problem
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