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Hanson addresses the Justice for Ben event in Seventeen Mile Rocks in Brisbane.

Hanson hosts barbecue for Ben Roberts-Smith supporters, questions his superiors

Against the backdrop of her party’s surging popularity, the One Nation leader threw her support behind the accused war criminal at a Brisbane park and also criticised police and media covering the case.

  • Cloe Read

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Journalists Chris Masters (left) and Nick McKenzie address the media after Ben Roberts-Smith lost his defamation case on June 1, 2023.

‘I knew the beating was coming’: When the Murdoch media went to war over Ben Roberts-Smith

In their new book, Getting Murdoched, Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson interview people News Corp has targeted, including journalist Chris Masters. In this exclusive extract, Masters shares his experience of News Corp’s campaign of support for Roberts-Smith.

  • Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson
Roberts-Smith departs Silverwater Correctional Complex in Sydney on April 17 after being granted bail.

V’landys makes call on Roberts-Smith’s visit to Broncos sheds

The accused war criminal and his daughters were invited to the Brisbane dressing rooms at Suncorp Stadium last Sunday after the club’s shock loss to St George Illawarra.

  • Danny Weidler
Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash.

Shadow attorney-general defends decision to allow staffer to write article praising Roberts-Smith

Former West Australian editor Brett McCarthy, now an adviser to shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash, praised Roberts-Smith despite his arrest on five counts of the war crime of murder.

  • Rob Harris
Omar Slaimankhal remains the only player with Afghan heritage to play in the NRL.

The Broncos let Ben Roberts-Smith into their sheds. This is what the NRL’s only Afghan player thought

The NRL’s first and only Afghan player Omar Slaimankhel has criticised the Broncos for letting alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith into their dressing sheds for their match against the Dragons on Sunday.

  • Christian Nicolussi
Ben Roberts-Smith was invited into the Brisbane Broncos’ sheds after Sunday afternoon’s game against the Dragons.

NRL distances itself from Broncos’ decision to invite Ben Roberts-Smith into dressing sheds

The Brisbane Broncos were refusing to comment on the presence of the former soldier, who is facing charges of war crimes, in their sheds after Sunday’s match against the Dragons.

  • Christian Nicolussi
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Roberts-Smith leaves Silverwater jail after being granted bail last month.

Ben Roberts-Smith arrest leaker should ‘face consequences’: AFP boss

AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett says she is determined to find out who divulged details before the arrest of the high-profile former soldier last month.

  • Matthew Knott
Ben Roberts-Smith and his partner Sarah Matulin attending a dawn service in Currumbin, Queensland, last month.

War crimes office wants investigation into Ben Roberts-Smith leak

The corruption watchdog has been asked to probe whether operational details were improperly disclosed before the former SAS soldier’s arrest.

  • Rob Harris
Ben Roberts-Smith attends the ANZAC dawn service on April 25,

‘Why such a rush’: Coalition questions Ben Roberts-Smith charging timeline

The Coalition compared the short turnaround with a three-week period of consideration on whether to lay charges against the returning ISIS brides.

  • Paul Sakkal
Ben Roberts-Smith’s girlfriend Sarah Matulin has accused former SAS soldier and potential war crimes witness Andrew Hastie of being a “traitor” after the Liberal MP posted a photo of himself and his children remembering the fallen on ANZAC Day.

Ben Roberts-Smith’s girlfriend calls potential criminal witness and MP a ‘traitor’

Sarah Matulin said the since-deleted comment on an Instagram post by Andrew Hastie – who will potentially testify in Roberts-Smith’s murder trial – was a “mistake”.

  • Clare Sibthorpe