ABC to rethink truth defence in defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell

Defamation 2023-03-24 10:05 pm By Sam Matthews | Melbourne

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A judge has sent the ABC away to rethink its truth defence to claims in a case brought by former Army major Heston Russell that alleges two articles in 2021 defamed him by suggesting among other things that he was involved in murdering an Afghan prisoner.

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