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.
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.
For almost two years,the storm that has now engulfed the National Anti-Corruption Commission gathered slowly,unexpectedly and often behind closed doors.
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.
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”.
Five days before the alleged war criminal was set to fly out of the country,authorities swooped in to arrest him.
Both are competing on resentment rather than delivering substantive solutions for Australia’s future.
Decorated Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has made his first public statement since his release from Silverwater Correctional Complex on Friday.
The alleged war criminal was granted bail after a judge cited “exceptional circumstances” in a Sydney court.
The former SAS corporal has been charged with war crimes over the alleged murders of unarmed detainees in Afghanistan.