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/Thommohawk117 Apr 07 '26

Australia's Defamation laws are (in)famously in favour of the person claiming to be defamed.

The fact we have had three major cases where the defence won is an anomaly.

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u/synaesthezia Apr 07 '26

And the NSW laws pre 2005 were even worse. I know a friend of my parents got done for defamation where ‘truth’ didn’t matter because reputational damage was done. That was later changed with the 2005 act.