That's gotta hurt! Cartoonist Peter Lewis's twist on Ben Roberts-Smith's Archibald portrait.
Keeping us in the dark about war crimes
June 12, 2023. Comment by Greg Ray The establishment is angry. It is unhappy that former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith lost his defamation action against the Nine media group. It is unhappy that the allegations of war crimes – including murder of unarmed civilians – are now clearly and unambiguously pinned on the chest of the decorated former soldier alongside his much-lauded but now rather tarnished Victoria Cross. In retrospect, it seems that the decision to launch the defamation action – funded by millions of dollars from the pockets of Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes –…
