{"id":622053,"date":"2026-04-21T20:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622053\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:02:12","slug":"the-sas-veteran-who-turned-on-war-mate-ben-roberts-smith-the-west-australian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622053\/","title":{"rendered":"The SAS veteran who turned on war mate Ben Roberts-Smith &#8211; The West Australian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7AFBVV95cUxNY2gwX3dSWGczZjIzVERJMnJlenJiX2FuN1VuWmxlcDFVTndiS1JPcVBId1lrUUFrYXd6QTlGb1ZZQllVZTlISzE1ZWZSaEdqMkhYUkdicjljeV9Yb2xRcEdHb19iYkc3bWo1Znc4TnQ0T1RxN3BMYjJxSUsxUndGazBNUHhiQm1uOF9iY3hORXV4MTVra2YxRHV5VGQ3a0luY0xIZG9RdFh2cXlrR1laeE9tcndHMXVGakRlZ2JvaGVEaFhuZFBTNjZkNzU5bm5HOGhXWDVkS3Z5bEtVVWowTS1kSThBT0ZEVks4cA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The SAS veteran who turned on war mate Ben Roberts-Smith<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The West Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPem05S1JNdE01MWhHbFMyWm1uaWVVNkdhREVKeF9GUi1QS0JNbmxBZzA0d1pSU244ZHRTRXlOWWgybFA1M1J5UWxnSzE1OWZvNzVfQ3plejBXanoxdXRPWWsxcmpKMk4wU29oN0MzZENYUjFqM0VwX1U3NEhWeVlqQ2gzUEhvNkttSHRmLTVYSzRVb0hYRWNFOTZvN3BzNnB5dnBJOTdPdE5BR2NtLWVJeTJ1Yjd6OTMtRE5sTHJ0ejY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Special treatment for Ben Roberts-Smith needs a better explanation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAJBVV95cUxQazRKd1JQY0dEekpXVnlXTXgwc0l5WlBlY2xKR2t4VENMU0tNSEJNdzFQaUE0VU53c0poYUsxekkxVm82ZDBmWEZHYU91UE8zNk5XS3ZFQXY5dWtXd1NXNFJzcHZQOTQzYlhmc1FfekpUTWV2Nm9nN01DQWtEWTVCaWFKUE52RERMV28yeklrUF9kOW82eW0wYUJoVmJuMzlZNFB3a1BmUU0zc20xWHYtcnp1NUVYaWl4RGJrRHBCVEliTVdraThpNEtuZXJ2YmMxSHVQTHdXQXo5Q1lfY3ZZNlk4MS1VR1k1bU1TYU4ybTExMTRDOHVlVkdJY1ltUjZyTHdnSlg1Tk5aYjhFMnlRcXRCOUhySm90T2FOY0thVzBpcEpETTlxQg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trucking industry celebrates Fair Work fuel payment win \u2013 as it happened<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxPYzlOT283WGdZY3R1UC1NOGRHd0M1aGVtdHR0Y1V2ZmkxaU1kc2wzX2VsRzJ6V2NKUldaY2swRHc0Rm1PYUY3TUZpaXA0Y1VpRmRudXVHOVZWLVVLNXhBa1BwU3VEdmtHcW9XT2dsRmkzV05SRUd6SVR3bEN5S3h4ZmVJeXFnNGVYT0lXOXNXb0NGQUFhQTJtdXpmTVdyMFBxS1ZYV1c3VVgzdll4SU9BUjh2N2ExWEEyanlXUDdjSkpPVHplbjVMNVh3Y3NISl85ZmN2T1dabGwzdkdSdlhGUGRrVDJ2Z05HeFV5NGlyZk96S1p3bS1Ud280YlNzaFk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018It stinks\u2019: War hero defends Ben Roberts-Smith<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Gold Coast Bulletin<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNdk4xMEZrM25vcThCUXFvX3o2dlpvX1VjRmtoSkREVWxwclhwM182eklLaU5DeVMtb0dhWE5ZV1YyTlhjMnd6UFI2ekRVT2lKcVpvSTN0TkpTSXd1dmt5TktMdXdVYlZFdVZybThOTXVSMTd3SXZqWk1oX1RWTUdjcjRKODd2THFxZ1p3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Roberts-Smith reports to police as NSW premier denies &#8216;special treatment&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SAS veteran who turned on war mate Ben Roberts-Smith&nbsp;&nbsp;The West AustralianSpecial treatment for Ben Roberts-Smith needs a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,3403,44,84,11603],"class_list":["post-622053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-defence","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-premium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622053","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=622053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}