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Ben Roberts-Smith case LIVE updates: Major victory delivered to newspapers as former SAS soldier’s defamation case dismissed; some war crime, bullying allegations proven
Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko was expected to deliver his decision in the decorated former soldier’s landmark defamation case at 2.15pm in Sydney.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and David Estcourt
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Roberts-Smith case
110 days, 41 witnesses and 15 key questions to answer: Why the Ben Roberts-Smith case matters
Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry winner Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost a landmark defamation case.
- by Michael Bachelard
‘Difficult to capture the horror’: Judge’s mercy for poison biscuit killer
Rebecca Payne couldn’t shower alone, was forced to redo housework and subjected to a decade of depravity at the hands of her husband. Eventually, she had enough.
- by Erin Pearson
Ex-cop’s ‘Fox Hunt’ trial kicks off. Was he under Beijing’s orders?
Prosecutors say Michael McMahon pressured Xu Jin to return to China to face bribery and embezzlement charges, as part of “Operation Fox Hunt”.
- by Luc Cohen
‘She was not okay’: ACT victims advocate feared Higgins would collapse during speech
Heidi Yates says she would have reconsidered standing next to Brittany Higgins during a televised speech if she’d known what she was going to say.
- by Angus Thompson
She worried about crashing: Witness tells of mum’s fears before family tragedy
Charmaine McLeod heard voices and hallucinated. When she went to police with allegations her daughter had been sexually assaulted, she left upset they didn’t take her seriously, an inquest reveals.
- by Cloe Read
‘The biggest defamation case we’ve had’: Judgment day in Roberts-Smith case
Justice Anthony Besanko will deliver his decision at 2.15pm in Sydney on Thursday.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Queensland
Handwritten note found at tragic family accident details rape claims
An inquest will examine whether a mother’s claims of sexual abuse contributed to her death and those of her four children in a fiery head-on crash.
- by Cloe Read
Man in court over threats to Brittany Higgins, fiance
A man accused of making death threats on social media against former political staffer Brittany Higgins and her fiance has fronted court.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Bruce Lehrmann settles defamation case against News Corp, Samantha Maiden
The former federal political staffer dropped the proceedings on Tuesday.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Indooroopilly State High School alleged grooming case in court
Part of the prosecution case against Chelsea Jane Edwards will focus on phone downloads between her and the victim.
- by Cloe Read