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An SAS soldier says he told Ben Roberts-Smith's lawyers he had doubts about a crucial piece of evidence in his outline before they filed it, a court has heard.

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SAS witness has no memory of key tunnel

Another SAS soldier has testified on behalf of Ben Roberts-Smith in the Federal Court that he cannot recall a controversial tunnel at a key Afghanistan mission.

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Witness called by Ben Roberts-Smith in defamation trial investigated for alleged war crime, court hears

Soldier has told court allegation he unlawfully killed a man on SAS raid on Darwan village ‘is a lie’

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Former SAS soldier testifying for Ben Roberts-Smith denies colluding with witnesses to defeat murder claim

An ex-soldier testifying for Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case denies colluding with the war veteran and three other witnesses to give false evidence intended to defeat an allegation of murder.

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To Russia with love: ABC takes down interview sympathetic to Moscow’s stance on Ukraine

National broadcaster removes segment that it admitted ‘unduly favoured Russia’s perspective’. Plus: teal or no teal?

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: police feared witness would destroy phone evidence

Former soldier appeared ‘intoxicated, acting in a belligerent manner’ when confronted with a search warrant, court documents say

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Roberts-Smith friend denies Afghan murder

A former SAS soldier and friend of Ben Roberts-Smith told a court he is under investigation for an alleged murder in Afghanistan that he denies.

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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: witness tells court he liked Instagram post calling dead Afghan a ‘terrorist paedo’

Former SAS soldier tells court he liked posts as ‘a bit of dark humour’ and it ‘shouldn’t be taken seriously’

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Ben Roberts-Smith witness won fancy dress competition wearing white supremacist outfit, court told

A former elite soldier tells a Sydney court he wore a Ku Klux Klan costume to a fancy dress party at an unofficial soldier bar in Afghanistan "just for a laugh".

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Roberts-Smith witness: KKK outfit 'funny'

An SAS soldier appearing for Ben Roberts-Smith at the defamation trial he launched says his Ku Klux Klan outfit won him a fancy dress competition.

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Roberts-Smith witness: KKK outfit ‘funny’

An SAS soldier appearing for Ben Roberts-Smith at the defamation trial he launched says his Ku Klux Klan outfit won him a fancy dress competition.

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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation witness backs war veteran’s version of events in Afghanistan mission

Former SAS soldier anonymised as Person 35 tells federal court there was no one inside the tunnel at Whiskey 108

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Sydney news: Telstra fined, ordered to repay $1.73 million to customers

MORNING BRIEFING: Telstra has been fined half a million dollars by the telecommunications watchdog and forced to pay back nearly $2 million after overcharging thousands of customers.

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Ben Roberts-Smith trial: key witness for soldier in defamation case arrested by AFP

Witness charged with obstructing, hindering and resisting a commonwealth official

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Former SAS soldier who gave evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith trial charged with obstructing and causing harm to war crimes investigators

The former elite soldier, who previously gave evidence in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial, has appeared in court, charged with obstructing and intimidating one Commonwealth official and harming another.

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Former SAS member tells Ben Roberts-Smith trial he found weapons but no insurgents inside tunnel at Afghan compound

A former elite soldier tells a Sydney court how he found a cache of weapons but no insurgents inside a tunnel at an Afghan compound that has become central to war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case.

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Roberts-Smith's SAS witness charged

One of the witnesses testifying for Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case has appeared before court accused of attacking a police officer.

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SAS witness crawled inside ’empty tunnel’

Another friend of Ben Roberts-Smith has backed up his testimony in the Federal Court that no men emerged from a secret tunnel in Afghanistan.

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Seven paid legal fees for witness in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial until arrangement was revealed in court

Request for reimbursement from Kerry Stokes’s private company not made until after court told of network’s legal financing

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: former patrol commander denies ordering execution of elderly prisoner

Ex-soldier known as Person 5 denies allegation put by lawyers acting for newspapers

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Roberts-Smith's friend probed on images

Ben Roberts-Smith's former patrol commander denies he is giving false evidence in court to counteract flaws in his story about key allegations in Afghanistan.

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Roberts-Smith’s friend probed on images

Ben Roberts-Smith’s former patrol commander denies he is giving false evidence in court to counteract flaws in his story about key allegations in Afghanistan.

The Guardian - AU

Patrol commander denies colluding on evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial

Person 5, who was patrol commander at Whiskey 108 raid, tells court two men were lawfully killed in combat outside compound

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Ben Roberts-Smith trial witness denies lying about 'distinctive' camouflage paint in court

A witness for former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is quizzed about the "distinctive" camouflage colours used by the war veteran's patrol during a mission in 2009 when an Afghan man was allegedly shot dead.

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