Justice Anthony Besanko’s full verdict describes how Australia’s most decorated soldier lied to save his reputation
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“The applicant [Ben Roberts-Smith] has no reputation capable of being further harmed.”
Tucked away at the bottom of more than 600 pages of judgment, Justice Anthony Besanko makes the unadorned point.
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