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Ben Roberts-Smith: calls for uniform to be removed from Australian War Memorial display

Greens say removal would be ‘first step in correcting the official record’ after federal court dismisses defamation case

The Guardian - AU

Body Type: Expired Candy review – razor-sharp second album is furious and fun

The Australian post-punk quartet loosens up and leans into pop, with a greater sense of freedom – and a dollop of mischief

The Guardian - AU

Marion Barter disappearance: Ric Blum rejects testimony of four other witnesses

Key witness asserts women’s statements are ‘all lies’ and says he believes Barter is still alive

The Guardian - AU

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Ben Roberts-Smith: will more Afghanistan war crimes trials follow?

Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost a defamation case against newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan in a landmark ruling with widespread implications for future criminal trials.

The Week

How Ange Postecoglou restored Celtic’s dominance and became Tottenham’s first choice

The Australian inherited an unenviable hand at Celtic and arrived without a reputation in European football but his astonishing and relentless success in Scotland means he has become the top choice at Tottenham, writes Jamie Braidwood

The Independent UK

Team India's new jerseys unveiled ahead of WTC Final

NEW DELHI: The much-anticipated new jerseys of the Indian cricket team revealed on Thursday ahead of the upcoming ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia in England.

The Times of India

Dad breaks silence after daughter found dead in apartment before her son's 5th birthday

Tatiana "Tania" Dokotaru, 34, was meant to be celebrating the fifth birthday of her son, Zayn, on Sunday, but she died under mysterious circumstances with her lifeless body found in her apartment in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia

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Australia’s most decorated living soldier committed war crimes, judge rules in defamation case

Victoria Cross recipient loses civil defamation case as judge finds a number of murder allegations by newspapers ‘substantially true’

The Independent UK

Key for both teams will be to dismiss Steve Smith and Virat Kohli early: Aaron Finch

NEW DELHI: As the highly anticipated World Test Championship final between India and Australia draws closer, former captain Aaron Finch has expressed his confidence in Steve Smith's abilities and believes the Australian team must dismiss Indian batsman Virat Kohli early in the match. The final is scheduled to begin on…

The Times of India

Woolworths charges ahead as home delivery fleet goes electric

Sydneysiders who order home delivery from Woolworths in coming weeks might see an electric truck arrive at their doorstep.

The New Daily

Confusing Australian mystery solved at NASA’s first public UFO meeting

The quirky piece of Australian scientific history was mentioned during the first public NASA panel on unidentified anomalous phenomena.

The New Daily

El Nino may hammer Asian farms

SINGAPORE: Early signs of hot, dry weather caused by El Nino are threatening food producers across Asia, while American growers are counting on heavier summer rains from the weather phenomenon to alleviate the impact of severe drought.

Bangkok Post

'It's a mindset thing': Hayden on India's ICC title drought, advises them to forget about outcome in WTC final

NEW DELHI: The great Matthew Hayden reckons India's title drought in ICC events in the past decade has to come down to the players' mindset as skill was never an issue and has advised them to "forget about the outcome" going into the World Test Championship final against Australia.

The Times of India

The man who wasn’t there: Ben Roberts-Smith misses his day of reckoning

On the day a judge ruled the Victoria Cross winner had lost his defamation case and been proven to be a war criminal, Roberts-Smith didn’t turn up to court

The Guardian - AU

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The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith: the murders and war crimes at the heart of a seismic defamation battle

Judge found the newspapers had proven their defence of substantial truth on allegations of a murder and two executions

Bangkok Post

900kg of crystal meth seized from fishing trawler

Authorities have arrested six drug smugglers and seized 909 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, believed to be destined for Australia, from a fishing trawler south of Koh Samet in the Gulf of Thailand.

Evening Standard

Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia’s most decorated living soldier loses war crimes defamation case

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran has lost a defamation case in which three newspapers accused him of committing war crimes in Afghanistan.

The Times of India

Australia need to be wary of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli in WTC final: Ricky Ponting

NEW DELHI: Legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting believes that in order to overcome India's challenge in the upcoming World Test Championship final at The Oval next week, Australia need to be wary of the formidable duo of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli.

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The Conversation

'Dismissed': legal experts explain the judgment in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

Today, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko handed down his long-awaited judgment in the defamation case that Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living former SAS soldier, brought against the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times.

ABC News

PNG delays bilateral security pact with Australia over sovereignty concerns

The security agreement was committed to in January but PNG is not happy with the proposed wording and has raised concerns with Australia's defence minister.

The Guardian - AU

As the Ben Roberts-Smith case proves, it’s time for Australia to abandon our farcical Anzac myths

Good history – like good journalism and justice – has fact as its bedrock

The Hindu

We are used to the Dukes ball having practised with it during IPL, says Axar ahead of WTC final

Switching from playing T20s to the longest format of the game is difficult but practising with the red ball through the IPL will help in the tough transition at the World Test Championship final against Australia, feels India all-rounder Axar Patel.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes in my country – his targets are the forgotten victims of Australia’s Afghan war

The judge in Roberts-Smith’s defamation case found he committed murder. Will Australia remember the names of those Afghans whose deaths sat at the centre of testimony?

WEKU

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.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Ben Roberts-Smith result lauded as win for journalism; Pauline Hanson in court; and Australians flocking to Townsville

Australia’s most decorated living soldier has lost his defamation case against the Nine newspapers.

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