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What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith?

On Friday, the Federal Court dismissed Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times.

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Fair Work accuses Woolworths and Coles of setting up 'foreign' pay system to underpay workers

The Fair Work Ombudsman tells the Federal Court that Coles and Woolworths have to pay for allegedly ripping off store workers via an illicit salary system.

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A group of women and children living in a camp in Syria wants the federal government to bring them home

A group of 26 Australians living in a camp in Syria have launched legal action against the Department of Home Affairs. Lawyers for the women and children say they were tricked into going to the conflict zone.

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Coles and Woolworths set up ‘foreign’ pay system

The Fair Work Ombudsman has told the Federal Court that Coles and Woolworths have to pay for allegedly ripping off store workers via an illicit salary system.

The New Daily

Parents apply for Brindabella Christian College to be wound up

The board said a debt was not paid due to an 'administrative error'.

The Canberra Times

Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial of the century all boiled down to the question of who was lying

Ben Roberts-Smith's loss is seen as a major win for Australian investigative journalism, with the Federal Court finding in favour of the substantial truth in the news articles about him.

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Australian Defence Force must ensure the findings against Ben Roberts-Smith are not the end of the story

On Thursday, Justice Anthony Besanko of the Federal Court dismissed defamation proceedings brought by former Special Air Service soldier Ben Roberts-Smith against several Australian news outlets.

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How Ben Roberts-Smith’s disgrace could inspire a national reckoning

There’s no doubt the decorated war criminal deserves our ire, but so too does our nationalistic Anzac mythology.

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What comes next for war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith after his defamation case was dismissed?

Ben Roberts-Smith has lost one of the most expensive defamation trials in Australia, and along with it his reputation. There are other factors that now need to be considered too.

ABC News

Australia's most decorated soldier loses defamation case for alleged war crimes

An Australian federal court judge ruled that newspaper articles published in 2018 were substantially true about a number of war crimes committed by Ben Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan.

WEKU

Russia wins court battle over new ACT embassy site

Russia's lease on the land for a new embassy in Canberra has been reinstated after it scored a win over the Australian government in the Federal Court.

The New Daily

Ben Roberts-Smith loses mammoth defamation battle against newspapers, reporters

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith's decision to sue the publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times, and three journalists, in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018 backfires.

ABC News

Decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith to learn fate today, five years after launching defamation battle

The Victoria Cross recipient sued the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times and three journalists in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018. Today Justice Anthony Besanko will deliver his judgement.

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Ex-chief judge seeks best deal for pelvic mesh victims

"It was impossible not to be affected by the poignant stories told."

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Bruce Lehrmann settles defamation action against News Life Media

The Federal Court reveals the defamation action of former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann against the News Corp media organisation has ended.

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Adelaide's SkyCity casino is coming under increasing scrutiny — here's a look at why

South Australian authorities have ramped up monitoring of the state's only licensed casino, amid allegations of serious and systemic non-compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, as Isabel Dayman explains.

Crikey

‘The system is broken’: a landmark legal battle sets the stage for FOI reform

A Federal Court case on Australia’s FOI system gets to the heart of the delays suffered by journalists, politicians and everyday citizens.

AAP

Ex-senator's freedom of information case thrown out

A judge has rejected former independent senator Rex Patrick's case against the Australian Information Commissioner over freedom of information request delays.

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V’landys loses appeal in defamation case against ABC

The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Racing NSW chief Peter V'landys, saying an ABC program treated him "very shabbily" but didn't defame him.

AAP

V'landys loses appeal in defamation case against ABC

The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Racing NSW chief Peter V'landys, saying an ABC program treated him "very shabbily" but didn't defame him.

AAP

Court paves way for compensation for traditional owners

The Federal Court has rejected the Commonwealth's arguments regarding the potential for compensation to Gumatj people over leasing land to a mining company.

AAP

Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

The former CEO of a Sydney waste firm caught fixing prices in a criminal cartel still advises the company's management team as a "consultant".

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Pauline Hanson Is Selling Her Knits To Help Fund Her Legal Defence Against Mehreen Faruqi

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson is auctioning her “exclusive” hand-knitted sweater collection in order to help fund her legal defence against Greens Deputy Leader Mehreen Faruqi.Fucking yikes on a bike! If you’ve been browsing on the One Nation website (lol unlikely), you might’ve stumbled upon a post titled “Pauline Hanson’s Hand…

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ABC files defence in defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann over National Press Club broadcast

The ABC will argue the broadcast of a National Press Club address by Brittany Higgins was a "fair report of proceedings of public concern" and also rely on defences of qualified privilege and innocent dissemination in its case.

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Another class action launched against WA government over treatment of Banksia Hill detainees

The WA government faces a fresh lawsuit in the Federal Court over its alleged unlawful treatment of juvenile detainees at a controversial unit in the adult Casuarina Prison.

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