Public interest defence not defined by truth, ABC tells court in Heston Russell defamation case
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has defended its reporting of alleged war crimes in a defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell, saying the debate over whether its stories were in the public interest “rises well above truth”. 

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