Federal Court dismisses Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation claims against Nine publications, journalists

The Federal Court has dismissed Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation claims against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times, as well as journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters.

Justice Anthony Besanko found the articles and the publications had proven some allegations of war crimes against Roberts-Smith and found those were sufficient enough to throw out the case.

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