Broadcaster says public interest rises ‘well above truth’ in defence to defamation allegations brought by ex-commando
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Debate on matters of public interest such as alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers should be left “robust and wide-open” without fear of being stifled, the ABC has told a defamation trial.
The former commando Heston Russell is suing the national broadcaster over two articles in October 2020 and November 2021 claiming commandos from November Platoon shot and killed an unarmed prisoner during a drug raid in Afghanistan in mid-2012 because there was no room for them on a helicopter.
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