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The Federal Court will deliver its decision on Thursday in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case.
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Roberts-Smith case

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
Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney for the first day of his defamation case on June 07, 2021. Photo: Brook Mitchell
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Ben Roberts-Smith case in pictures

Ben Roberts-Smith leaves the Federal Court in Sydney last year.
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Australia news live: Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation case against Nine in historic win for newspapers; PwC tax scandal fallout continues

  • by Caroline Schelle and Megan Gorrey
Remains found in south west bushland belong to missing man Corey O’Connell.
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Remains found in bushland confirmed to be missing man Corey O’Connell

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
Flowers have been laid at the unit where a toddler died and a man was fighting for his life at an apartment in Sydney's south.
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Flowers laid after toddler found dead at Sydney apartment

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Royal Hospital for Women has successfully grown tissue from all types of endometriosis, which will help them diagnose and treat the condition in women. Kate Ford, photograpged at home in Oyster Bay, suffers from endometriosis.
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Endometriosis affects one in nine women. World-first research at a Sydney hospital is giving them hope

A breakthrough paves the way for research into effective treatments, potentially limiting the need for invasive and painful surgeries.

  • by Angus Thomson and Wendy Tuohy
AHPRA’s 2021 staff survey shows signs of improvement, but persistent problems with bullying and workload. 
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‘We need more people’: Healthcare watchdog survey reveals under-staffing, bullying

Staff at the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency have reported unsustainable workloads and plummeting faith in leadership to drive change.

  • by Charlotte Grieve
Kadek Artayana faces off with a opponent.
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From rock bottom to world championships: How jiu-jitsu brought light back to blind warrior’s life

  • by Fraser Barton
Sisters Lana Huntley and Annette Maher have both suffered spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a rare form of heart attack affecting otherwise fit and healthy women. Now, the sisters are the first Australian patients to add their names to a huge international database informing researchers around the globe. Wahroonga. May 26, 2023. Photo: Louise Kennerley SMH
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Annette was 39 when she felt a pain like ‘a knife through the back of my chest’

  • by Angus Thomson
Insulting words: Opposition leader Shane Love (left) and Labor MP Margaret Quirk.
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Disability

Our leaders have a responsibility to set the standard on how we use language

  • by Katie Rodwell
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