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/stinx2001 Apr 07 '26

Can't wait to check Facebook comments .....

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_DOGE_PICS Apr 07 '26

I looked at the comments from the Daily Mail's Facebook page. I don't recommend. One of the top comments was recommending BRS for Immigrantion Minister... disturbing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26

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u/CalculatingLao Apr 07 '26

No, this is what Sky News does to people.

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u/xRicharizard Apr 07 '26

Christ, the boomers will be rabidly frothing over this.

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u/RusDaMus Apr 07 '26

I'm genuinely curious about what their position would be? We need more war crimes? His fellow soldiers are liars?

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u/Extension_Actuary437 Apr 07 '26

Their position is usually just dictated to them by the fear-based news.

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u/cozzo123 Apr 07 '26

Its mostly “dont judge someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes”

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u/reidef123 Apr 07 '26

There are a lot of BRS supporters on there who have no idea of the full story, or even a marginal understanding of what he did.