I read Chris Master's book bookwyrm.social/book/1432873/s/flawed-hero (Flawed Hero on the same defamation trial (as per the Federal Court's listing www.fedcourt.gov.au/services/access-to-files-and-transcripts/online-files/ben-roberts-smith):

Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (NSD1485/2018) Ben Roberts-Smith v The Age Company Pty Ltd (NSD1486/2018) Ben Roberts-Smith v The Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd (NSD1487/2018) Ben Roberts-Smith v Johnathan Pearlman (NSD1826/2018) Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (NSD1440/2018)trial (Ben Roberts-Smith /

Whilst Master's was a more dispassionate and pointed telling of the trial, Nick McKenzie's take is considerably more personal. The book provided a clear outline of the lengths that all journalists had gone to in establishing the facts, and then it goes into the progression of the defamation action, and the affect it was having, in particular, on McKenzie.

Well worth reading both books on this trial, I'd hung onto this one for a time because we were due to read it for our f2f bookclub. All of whom had not read the other book, all of whom were horrified and appalled by Roberts-Smith actions, and what was done in our name by him. There's "fog of war" and there's deliberate bullying, abuse, killing and utterly disgusting behaviour.

Had hoped that the SAS was above all that. Our military leaders have some work to do, but then all levels of leadership in this country need to get their acts together.