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Ben Roberts-Smith called alleged killing of unarmed Afghan teenager ‘beautiful thing’, court hears

Roberts-Smith has said in previous evidence the account of the alleged killing was ‘baseless’ and could not have happened

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Ben Roberts-Smith described alleged execution of Afghan teen as 'beautiful thing', court hears

The defamation trial for elite soldier Ben Roberts-Smith hears the Victoria Cross recipient allegedly bragged about killing an Afghan teenager in 2012, calling the shooting the "most beautiful thing I've ever seen".

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Victoria’s ‘code brown’ to end; WA records second Covid death – as it happened

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Sydney news: Federal government lists koalas as endangered in NSW, Queensland and ACT

MORNING BRIEFING: The federal government says changing koalas' status from vulnerable to endangered forms part of a plan to protect the iconic animal.

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Roberts-Smith 'boast of beautiful murder'

An SAS soldier has testified Ben Roberts-Smith bragged that blowing the brains out of a trembling and unarmed Afghan man was "the most beautiful thing".

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Former colleague denies trying to 'smear the reputation' of decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith

Under cross-examination at the defamation trial, the one-time colleague of Ben Roberts-Smith rejects suggestions that he tried to "spread rubbish" about the Victoria Cross recipient, insisting he was telling the truth.

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SAS witness denies BRS smear campaign

An SAS witness has denied that jealousy of Ben Roberts-Smith's medals provoked him to smear his good name to investigative journalists.

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Ben Roberts-Smith’s barrister spoke to lawyer who then contacted Nine newspapers’ witnesses, court hears

In dramatic turn in defamation trial, former soldier seeks to be excused from giving evidence

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SAS witness's 'position has changed'

A special forces soldier due to be called in media outlets' defence to a war hero's defamation claim has changed their position, a court has been told.

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SAS soldier denies being jealous of Ben Roberts-Smith and wanting to throw him ‘under a bus’, court hears

Judge in defamation case against newspapers declines to make witness answer questions about whether he was a source of media reports

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Witness tells Ben Roberts-Smith trial he drank from dead man's prosthetic leg to 'bond' with other soldiers

An elite soldier has told the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial that he used the prosthetic leg of a dead Afghan man as a drinking vessel to help him "decompress" and "bond" with fellow soldiers.

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Sydney news: Southern hemisphere's 'longest escalators' installed at Central Station

MORNING BRIEFING: Escalators up to 46m long are part of the major redevelopment of Sydney's main transport interchange.

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Throwing Roberts-Smith under bus denied

Ben Roberts-Smith's lawyer has accused a witness of trying to throw the war hero under a proverbial bus after a clarification emerged in the Federal Court.

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SAS witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies punching female soldier in face at party

On his second day in the witness box in Sydney, SAS member codenamed Person 14 is accused by Ben Roberts-Smith's barrister of punching a female American soldier in the face.

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Sydney news: Police investigate shooting in city's south-west

MORNING BRIEFING: Detectives are probing a public shooting in Greenacre overnight, while in Sydney's north a hospital emergency room was evacuated due to fire.

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Soldier not sure BRS shot fake leg man

A serving SAS soldier has been pressed on his own disciplinary record after testifying about an alleged war crime during a war hero's defamation trial.

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Ben Roberts-Smith's former SAS comrades drop bombshell evidence at defamation trial

After a six-month pandemic-related delay, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation battle against three newspapers resumed this week with evidence from two of Australia's most-elite soldiers.

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Serving Australian SAS soldier tells court Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of unarmed Afghan man in 2012

Soldier at Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial says war veteran ordered Afghan soldier to kill an unarmed captive via military interpreter

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Elite Australian soldier says Afghan man was executed at instruction of Ben Roberts-Smith, court hears

Decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith ordered the execution of an Afghan man during a mission in Khaz Oruzgan in 2012, an active SAS member tells a Sydney court.

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Sydney news: Court to decide whether some results in 19 local council seats should be declared void due to computer crash

MORNING BRIEFING: A collapse of the government's electronic voting system during the December poll meant that thousands of votes were not counted, throwing the results in 19 seats into doubt.

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Claim Roberts-Smith ordered 2012 murder

A serving SAS soldier has testified he saw Ben Roberts-Smith told Afghan soldiers to shoot a detained local man "or I will" during a 2012 mission.

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SAS soldiers considered Ben Roberts-Smith ‘arrogant’ and undeserving of Victoria Cross, court told

Witness tells federal court other soldiers believed the events leading to Roberts-Smith’s bravery medal may be ‘falsified’

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Soldiers believe events that earned Ben Roberts-Smith Victoria Cross may have been 'falsified', court hears

An SAS soldier tells a defamation trial at least three colleagues of Ben Roberts-Smith disliked the war veteran and believed he did not deserve to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

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Sydney news: NSW government spent quarter of a billion dollars on PPE that had to be thrown away

MORNING BRIEFING: A report has revealed millions of dollars worth of face masks, gloves, face shields and gowns have ended up in the garbage bin because they do not meet health standards.

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Witness denies telling Roberts-Smith lies

A key witness claiming war hero Ben Roberts-Smith was instrumental in two Afghanistan executions isn't trying to cover his own faults, a judge has heard.

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