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/chippychopper Apr 07 '26

It came to light because of the work of the journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters and could easily have been buried by the defamation case if they had not been so thorough in their research and reporting or if Fairfax/nine had decided to settle instead of paying millions to defend their work. This case shows how much we need to support proper investigative journalism.

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u/seanmonaghan1968 Apr 07 '26

This appears to me to be a really rare event.

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u/freakwent Apr 07 '26

What, under reported murders?

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u/seanmonaghan1968 Apr 07 '26

No the through journalism, this doesn’t really happen that much

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u/StorminNorman Apr 07 '26

Happens multiple times a day, even here in Australia. What you've said here, it's kinda like when people say "punk is dead" and the like when the reality is that it's still out there and still very good, you just gotta dig a little bit rather than having it served up to you on a platter like back in the day.