Former prime minister John Howard has weighed in on the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, saying the decorated war veteran deserves the presumption of innocence as he faces five war crime charges.
Anthony Albanese’s temporary halving of petrol and diesel taxes has lifted a key consumer sentiment reading from its worst results since records began in 1973.
Victoria Cross awardee Ben Roberts-Smith will remain behind bars with his legal team yet to apply for bail as it’s revealed he’d offered to hand himself into police before his dramatic public arrest.
A trial date can now be revealed for ex-federal ministerial staffer Bruce Lehrmann who has been charged with raping a woman he met at a regional nightclub.