Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial vacated over coronavirus, national security concerns
Anna Mitchelmore 2020-05-08 10:27 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne
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The six-week trial in four defamation cases brought by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has been pushed off because of restrictions on in-person hearings and the Attorney-General’s decision to invoke national security law and cloak the proceedings in secrecy.

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