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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media
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Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, is suing three of the country’s most trusted newspapers for defamation over articles he says falsely accuse him of war crimes. Whatever the outcome, the ramifications will be immense for public interest journalism, Australia’s military and the man venerated as a modern-day war hero
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Who is Ben Roberts-Smith and how did he earn the military’s highest honour, the Victoria Cross?
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Ben Doherty takes us through one of the key incidents under dispute in this extraordinary defamation trial – the raid of Darwan
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Ben Doherty takes us through the breakdown of Ben Roberts-Smith’s marriage to Emma Roberts and his alleged affair with Person 17
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Opinion editor Bridie Jabour tells Gabrielle Jackson how Taylor Swift became a pop culture phenomenon
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Chief political correspondent Paul Karp looks at the political fight over renters’ rights and whether it could spell the end of Labor’s signature housing bill
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Political reporter Amy Remeikis speaks to Jane Lee on how sexual harassment allegations are being weaponised in Parliament
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Nino Bucci talks to Jane Lee about what the crisis in the legal assistance sector looks like on the ground
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Gabrielle Jackson talks to Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and head of news Mike Ticher about the growing political will to ban gambling advertising
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Lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman and fashion journalist and author Lucianne Tonti explain to Jane Lee why the golden era ended and where the industry stands today
Katharine Murphy and Guardian Australia's political team examine what’s happening in Australian politics and why it matters to you
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Labor minister Anika Wells talks to chief political correspondent Paul Karp about her new aged care taskforce
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Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse what the numbers tell us
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Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to unions and small businesses about the Albanese government’s industrial relations reforms and this week’s rise in interest rates
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Labor senator Deborah O’Neill and Greens senator Barbara Pocock join chief political correspondent Paul Karp to discuss the PwC scandal
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Hosted by Anushka Asthana, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining personal storytelling with insightful analysis, Today in Focus is The Guardian's daily podcast that takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday.
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