A Ben Roberts-Smith rally was a poor use of my limited time

Some of Ben Robert Smith’s own SAS colleagues gave evidence against him last year as part of allegations that led to his arrest last week for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. After filing a lawsuit, it was only determined in the civil court that he had committed these crimes in June 2023. Age And Sydney Morning Herald for slander.

Given the seriousness of the allegations, should this also become a culture war issue? Will it be played on the streets of Melbourne? It was an extremely unpleasant practice that the allegations against him, mostly published on the internet and in the media, backfired.