{"id":616659,"date":"2026-04-19T07:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616659\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T07:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:37:07","slug":"australias-most-decorated-soldier-vows-to-fight-war-crime-charges-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616659\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#039;s most-decorated soldier vows to &#039;fight&#039; war crime charges &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1VYWFhWlpOWFNJajZZSDM2UmIxSmZLZDJQd1o1bXRuYkhJSE1LSEdHaWpkbTlIemFRbmZiV2pvUDE1eTEzSGZGNTJSNjBXQmd1Y0M4RGpfUVQtUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia&#8217;s most-decorated soldier vows to &#8216;fight&#8217; war crime charges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOQzU4Sy1JRXJkeUYwS1JvZl9tY1h1eFM2RXEwZW54dThCRk1ONEotU0pyaWpHX3Brc2xSTDZlTnRZS2FnUzltN3NtSkpHRGRIbWsyaWg5MGlZMTg3bXoyZllWdkl3SGZVQW9RTElfc3FDU2UwVURxRXpvbDlJOTh3a1dmb3BJSVVZejFpQW5zZUFMdEVIZ01aenN2V0RlcEJSVTFyWE03M1NqOWxx?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Roberts-Smith issues first statement after his release on bail<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxQQTJkaENnUXFLVjhuMWRJbHlKV1pZV3RJdlpqdE44R3RtdVV2MHdESWNRZXpBN3F0SVBlcXhnTUtodVVBV2dUSEkyMWx6VlE2VDRVWWRkRzVQOE9sTXZVc19EZnhaUzJVVVB3MThIUXlSUWdZVjdlOWUybEtBcTdEaUtseThrdWVjSmlHRDd6alQ1cWpRUWF4XzhfUDl4N0Q1ajJNQ1VweHV4OW1HUkVZd3hOM2lZaWV2M0p6LTZJQUpwcWJ0WHpPM2xlTlZiSnVxS1c1ZkhR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I will never give up\u2019: Ben Roberts-Smith denies war crime allegations in first public statement since his arrest<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxOLW5TRW9rNUNuSzlpenE4eGxTdUE2UmV2Y3U5RE5YQlZiRDllQXUyZG44d19WdlhfcDZ5Mk4xQXQtWDJrWGxJVzd1Z3VVbzBNVjg2ekFxbm9hdzB1d2FWMkowSjQzODJoOWFVb1lZVXhVUXpHOTBlSXlOOGRpRmVZS2JNU3h2WjF4dUcwS3RBcE9hLUNLUThTXzRKYi1iZWpBbk5HZHVObjdWakh6R3NwVzYwblZQMFQtTWhIQXp1QVA3VWszeTR1aU9OYmR5NUVUMk1V?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Roberts-Smith, frontier wars and the Balibo Five: Inside the revamped war memorial<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bailing Roberts-Smith was right<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s most-decorated soldier vows to &#8216;fight&#8217; war crime charges&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBen Roberts-Smith issues first statement after his release on bail&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-616659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}