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Baby, it comes at a cost: why our national fertility keeps on falling

'This will present a dilemma for policy-makers.'

Newcastle Herald

Corruption watchdog referrals skyrocket since launch

The new corruption watchdog warns against weaponising referrals after receiving more than 300 online submissions and phone calls since opening at the weekend.

AAP

Australia’s national anti-corruption commission receives 44 referrals on first day of operation

Nacc commissioner Paul Brereton reveals the body has already received a number of leads but not all will be investigated

The Guardian - AU

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Anti-corruption commission an 'historic moment'

The nation's anti-corruption watchdog has already received 44 online referrals and is chasing up a further five phone calls, it has been revealed.

AAP

Corruption fighters to plumb depths of murky water

Australia's new anti-corruption watchdog has begun operating led by a former judge who investigated alleged war crimes by Australian troops in Afghanistan.

AAP

Australian senator urges ICC probe into war crimes allegations

Jacqui Lambie calls on the ICC to investigate Australian military commanders over war crimes allegations in Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Australian senator invites International Criminal Court to probe officers in war crime allegations

A senator has invited the International Criminal Court to investigate what Australian military commanders knew about war crime allegations in Afghanistan in a bid pressure Australia into launching its own review

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US reviewed defence training ties with Australia after Brereton inquiry into alleged war crimes

Exclusive: US embassy says review ended with a decision that no training restrictions needed ‘at this time’

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s military will emerge stronger after ‘confronting’ war crime inquiry, defence chief says

Exclusive: Gen Angus Campbell says Brereton inquiry will have ‘profound, broad-based and ultimately very positive effect’ on ADF

The Guardian - AU

Australian government considers compensation for Afghanistan war crime victims

Human rights and legal groups have stepped up their calls for a compensation plan in the wake of the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation ruling

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith has been dealt a crushing blow. The full fallout is yet to come

Australia’s most decorated living soldier has had his defamation case dismissed, but questions remain over his future

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s trial of the century: defamation case pitting the media against Victoria Cross soldier

Three newspapers accused Ben Roberts-Smith, recipient of Australia’s highest military honour, of war crimes – now the five-year court case is coming to an end

The Guardian - AU

ADF chief tells Senate estimates he reviewed his own performance commanding troops in Afghanistan

Angus Campbell said he had encouraged the defence minister, Richard Marles, to ‘seek independent views’ before making any decision on the issue

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes defamation verdict to be delivered on Thursday 1 June

Australia’s most decorated soldier will learn the outcome of his case against three newspapers over Afghanistan allegations, including the murder of civilians

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Ben Roberts-Smith makes final bid to access diary entries of war crime investigator

Former soldier has previously been denied access after it was ruled they were exempt from disclosure

ABC News

Lawyer for Ben Roberts-Smith details war veteran's five-year fight for diary notes

The war veteran's legal team is fighting for access to diary notes between a journalist and the head of the Afghanistan inquiry.

The New Daily

Roberts-Smith probes defence meetings with journalist

Ben Roberts-Smith is seeking diary entries about alleged meetings between Defence and a journalist.

The New Daily

National anti-corruption watchdog operations to begin on July 1

The national anti-corruption body is set to start operating in the new financial year after the official sign off by the governor-general.

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The Guardian - AU

Australian defence chief warns further criminal charges could be laid over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Gen Angus Campbell says there could be ‘very, very uncomfortable days’ ahead for Australia’s special forces

The Guardian - AU

Culture of Australian special forces to be regularly reviewed in wake of Brereton inquiry, report reveals

Exclusive: oversight report also backs new respite policy designed to allow members to recuperate between deployments

ABC News

Family of killed Afghan villager wants more ADF personnel to be brought to trial after arrest of former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz

As a historic war crimes case gets underway, the family of an Afghan villager who was killed by an Australian soldier calls for more ADF personnel to be brought to trial.

The New Daily

War crimes investigator to lead anti-corruption body

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has named NSW judge Paul Brereton as the inaugural head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

ABC News

Paul Brereton appointed to lead National Anti-Corruption Commission

Paul Brereton, who led the Afghanistan war crimes inquiry, is appointed to lead the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

AAP

War crimes investigator named to head integrity body

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has named NSW judge Paul Brereton as the inaugural head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

The Guardian - AU

Former SAS soldier arrested and charged in NSW for alleged war crime over killing of Afghan civilian

Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested in the southern highlands of New South Wales by Australian federal police and NSW police

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