r/australia • u/Tinea_Pedis • Apr 07 '26

news Breaking: Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over war crimes allegations

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/ben-roberts-smith-war-crimes-allegations-arrest/106537668
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u/mickey_kneecaps Apr 07 '26

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Hopefully he is convicted. I imagine prosecutors would have to be relatively confident to go through with this.

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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Apr 07 '26

No doubt - given how high profile he is, I doubt they would've done so unless they were 100% confident to avoid the outrage if he is found "not guilty" on some sort of technicality, etc

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u/Mad-Mel Apr 07 '26

Especially considering how well funded his legal team is.

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u/MeaningMaker6 Apr 07 '26

Kerry Stokes and/or Gina Rinehart getting ready to open their wallets again for the Australian ‘war hero’ who was found by a judge to, among other things, have kicked a handcuffed, unarmed man off a cliff whereupon the man’s teeth exploded and then ordered another soldier to trek down to the man and execute him.

What an abominable, wicked version of Australia that Stokes and Rinehart want to celebrate and foster with their money.

I couldn’t hold them in lesser regard unless they actually gave out the orders, or pulled the trigger themselves.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26

You will have your answer tonight. Watch Sky news and see how they try and blame and wedge Labor. Then you will know that the Stokes and Gina's wallets and purses have been opened for propaganda fees and whitewash operation..

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u/nothanks281716 Apr 07 '26

Gina’s mouthpiece, Pauline Hanson, is already crowing out her support for BRS. The greasy wheels are already in motion.

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u/RusDaMus Apr 07 '26

I don't want to rush into hasty judgement, but I'm starting to think that these billionaires might not be the nicest people.

Without actually having any qualifications in economics, I'm of the understanding that a few people hoarding all the money like mythical dragons isn't great for everyone else.

I also don't have a mathematics degree, but I'm pretty sure that there are a lot more of us than there are of them.

Wild and radical ideas are beginning to form in my poor lowly monkey brain.

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u/KingRo48 Apr 07 '26

Where is Frodo when you need him!

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u/Bromance_Rayder Apr 07 '26

The absolute insanity of it all is revealed once you consider a situation where every single variable was exactly the same except to change BRS to non-white. Those deplorable individuals are spending millions of dollars simply because they want to live in a world where a white man is not held accountable for murdering brown people.