Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s decorated war hero and Victoria Cross recipient, has lost his high profile defamation case against three Australian newspapers following a Federal Court judgment that found him guilty of war crimes. Roberts-Smith claimed that The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times, published a series of defamatory articles that wrongly accused him of committing…

Commentary Ben Roberts-Smith. A name that will be etched in the memory of Australians for decades to come and one suspects in the law journals forever. Winning a Victoria Cross on the battlefield is no “every participant wins a prize” award. It is an honour bestowed on the truly brave who have acted against the…

Ben Roberts-Smith once revered as a hero is now widely reviled as a murderer and an abuser of women due to a sustained media campaign shattering his reputation, a judge has been told. The war veteran’s barristers began closing his Federal Court case on Monday, more than 100 days after commencing the proceedings against journalists…

Federal government MP and former soldier Andrew Hastie has defended his decision to blow the whistle on Victorian Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith, telling a court he wanted to shed light on alleged war crimes. The Assistant Minister for Defence gave evidence at the Federal Court hearing on Monday about speaking to the media about the…