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Witness laments 'weak leadership' in SAS

Ben Roberts-Smith and his patrol members were let down by weak leadership in the ranks of the special forces, the Federal Court has been told.

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Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’

Former SAS soldier defends himself against accusations from Arthur Moses SC of trying to justify his own failures as a soldier

The Guardian - AU

Ex-soldier tells court he didn't fabricate allegations against Ben Roberts-Smith to hide his own 'abysmal failure'

A former elite soldier who has claimed in court Ben Roberts-Smith bullied him denies making allegations against the war veteran to explain his own "abysmal failure" in the Defence Force.

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Ben Roberts-Smith ordered SAS comrade to mock execute another Australian soldier, court hears

Former soldier tells defamation trial Roberts-Smith said ‘shoot him’, referring to a soldier playing a prisoner. Roberts-Smith denies the incident took place.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith punched colleague in jaw after bungled mission, court hears

A former elite soldier who was on a mission in Afghanistan with Ben Roberts-Smith tells the Federal Court he was punched and threatened by the Victoria Cross recipient during a 2012 mission.

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Witness at defamation trial refuses to answer questions about whether Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to shoot Afghan prisoner

Ex-SAS member says ‘I object to answer’ when asked in court if Roberts-Smith ordered him to shoot a ‘person under control’ in 2012

The Guardian - AU

Judge rules key witness won't have to give evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial

Lawyers for Nine newspapers say the evidence of a key soldier could have been a path to victory in their defamation case brought by the Victoria Cross recipient, but a judge has decided he does not have to testify.

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Sydney News: Transport Minister Rob Stokes raises questions about future of Sydney's casinos

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW must reconsider the future of casinos in Sydney following revelations of wide-scale money laundering and criminal activity at The Star, a senior government minister says.

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SAS witness excused from 'murder' evidence

An SAS witness has not been compelled to confess to an alleged murder Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of ordering in the defamation trial launched by the war hero.

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Legal stoush after key witness attempts to avoid testifying at Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial

A defence witness who allegedly killed an Afghan man during a 2012 mission after receiving orders from Ben Roberts-Smith attempts to avoid testifying at the war veteran's defamation trial.

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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: former soldier objects to answering questions about SAS missions

Soldier anonymised as Person 66 objects to questions in federal court over missions under Roberts-Smith’s command on the grounds of self-incrimination

The Guardian - AU

SAS witness may be forced to talk 'murder'

A new SAS witness may be compelled by the Federal Court to speak about an alleged murder in Afghanistan Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of ordering.

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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: ‘I believed something unlawful had happened’, Andrew Hastie says

Assistant defence minister tells court he was troubled by ‘warrior culture’ in elite SAS regiment when he and Roberts-Smith were comrades in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: Andrew Hastie says he ‘is no longer proud’ of former comrade

Assistant defence minister tells court ‘I don’t dislike Mr Roberts-Smith at all … I pity Mr Roberts-Smith’

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Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells court he 'pities' Ben Roberts-Smith

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells a Sydney court he "pities" war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith, who is suing the publisher of several newspapers for defamation.

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Hastie no longer 'proud' of Roberts-Smith

Government MP and former soldier Andrew Hastie has told a court he once looked up to Mr Roberts-Smith but is no longer proud of him.

The Guardian - AU

Assistant defence minister Andrew Hastie tells court Ben Roberts-Smith was seen as a bully in SAS

Hastie, giving evidence in defamation trial, also claims Roberts-Smith’s reported version of Afghanistan mission was an ‘alternate universe’

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MP Andrew Hastie tells court Ben Roberts-Smith had a reputation for bullying fellow soldier

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells a Sydney court how he spent time on deployment in Afghanistan with Ben Roberts-Smith and how the war veteran had a reputation for bullying another elite soldier.

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War hero's lover quizzed over pregnancy

The former mistress of Ben Roberts-Smith has been asked if she faked a pregnancy to the war hero during another day of grilling by his lawyers.

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Woman threatened by stranger with photos of her and Ben Roberts-Smith having sex, court told

Woman who had affair with former SAS soldier tells defamation trial she was ‘simultaneously in love and afraid of him’

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Ben Roberts-Smith's ex-girlfriend feared 'payback' if she reported alleged punch to face, court told

Ben Roberts-Smith’s former girlfriend tells a court she did not report an allegation she'd been punched by the war veteran because she feared his military and police connections.

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Sydney news: Independent MP Gareth Ward under growing pressure to quit parliament

MORNING BRIEFING: Independent MP Gareth Ward is under growing pressure to quit the parliament or be forced out after he was yesterday charged with alleged sex crimes, including against a teenage boy.

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War hero's lover telling 'barefaced lies'

The woman at the centre of domestic violence allegations against war hero Ben Roberts-Smith has denied telling barefaced lies to the Federal Court.

The Guardian - AU

‘I was afraid of what he might do’: woman tells court Ben Roberts-Smith punched her and threatened to burn down her house

Woman who had affair with former SAS soldier tells defamation trial he refused to take her to hospital for treatment and took naked photos of her while she slept

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Ben Roberts-Smith's former girlfriend tells defamation trial he punched her in face in Canberra hotel room

A woman tells a Sydney court that war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith told her he wasn't "the greatest guy", later punching her in the face during a heated argument in a hotel room.

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