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Ben Roberts-Smith person

Named in 41 reports across 6 stories - 20 Aug – 16 Oct
20 Aug 202616 Oct 2026

The record - coverage naming Ben Roberts-Smith that changed after publication

3 edits, 7 URLs changed10 entries
  1. The Guardian Worldseen 15 Sept, 02:33headline rewrittenthe story

    Australia news live: escalating Middle East conflict will see prices rise again, Chris Bowen saysFirst case of bird flu in endangered Australian sea lion confirmed – as it happened

  2. therural.com.auseen 13 Sept, 06:40URL changedthe story
  3. thecourier.com.auseen 13 Sept, 02:10URL changedthe story
  4. moreechampion.com.auseen 12 Sept, 14:55URL changedthe story
  5. begadistrictnews.com.auseen 12 Sept, 10:15URL changedthe story
  6. redlandcitybulletin.com.auseen 12 Sept, 05:29URL changedthe story
  7. watoday.com.auseen 12 Sept, 05:27headline rewrittenthe story

    ‘I wouldn’t call him a traitor’: WA One Nation leader distances himself from Hanson cartoon‘I wouldn’t call him a traitor’: WA One Nation leader distances himself from Hastie cartoon

  8. maitlandmercury.com.auseen 11 Sept, 23:41URL changedthe story
  9. illawarramercury.com.auseen 11 Sept, 09:23URL changedthe story
  10. The Guardian Worldseen 10 Sept, 23:53description editedthe story

The web around Ben Roberts-Smith

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Ben Roberts-Smith. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Ben Roberts-Smith.

Andrew Hastie and Pauline Hanson share 31 reportsAndrew Hastie and Barnaby Joyce share 21 reportsBarnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson share 21 reportsAustralia and Pauline Hanson share 19 reportsAndrew Hastie and Australia share 19 reportsAndrew Hastie and Australian Associated share 16 reportsAustralian Associated and Pauline Hanson share 16 reportsAustralia and Barnaby Joyce share 15 reportsAustralia and Canberra share 15 reportsAfghanistan and Anthony Albanese share 14 reportsAustralia and Australian Associated share 13 reportsAfghanistan and Australia share 12 reportsAndrew Hastie and Angus Taylor share 12 reportsAfghanistan and Canberra share 12 reportsAngus Taylor and Pauline Hanson share 12 reportsAfghanistan and Australian Associated share 11 reportsAnthony Albanese and Australian Associated share 11 reportsAfghanistan and Pauline Hanson share 11 reportsAngus Taylor and Australia share 11 reportsAngus Taylor and Barnaby Joyce share 10 reportsAustralian Associated and Australians share 10 reportsAustralian Associated and Barnaby Joyce share 10 reportsAfghanistan and Andrew Hastie share 10 reportsAnthony Albanese and Canberra share 9 reportsAnthony Albanese and Pauline Hanson share 9 reportsAnthony Albanese and Australia share 9 reportsAnthony Albanese and Australians share 9 reportsCanberra and Pauline Hanson share 9 reportsAustralia and Australians share 9 reportsAfghanistan and Australians share 9 reportsAndrew Hastie and Canberra share 8 reportsAndrew Hastie and Anthony Albanese share 8 reportsAustralians and Canberra share 8 reportsAustralians and Pauline Hanson share 8 reportsAustralian Associated and Canberra share 7 reportsAndrew Hastie and Australians share 7 reportsBarnaby Joyce and Canberra share 6 reportsAngus Taylor and Australian Associated share 6 reportsAustralians and Barnaby Joyce share 5 reportsAfghanistan and Angus Taylor share 5 reportsBen Roberts-SmithAndrew HastieAndrew Hastie - 32 shared reports (person)Pauline Han…Pauline Hanson - 32 shared reports (person)AustraliaAustralia - 26 shared reports (place)Australian …Australian Associated - 22 shared reports (organization)Barnaby Joy…Barnaby Joyce - 21 shared reports (person)AfghanistanAfghanistan - 19 shared reports (place)Anthony Alb…Anthony Albanese - 16 shared reports (person)CanberraCanberra - 16 shared reports (place)AustraliansAustralians - 14 shared reports (place)Angus TaylorAngus Taylor - 12 shared reports (person)

The stories

One Nation surge: Nationals wipeout predicted across rural, regional areas

78 outlets28 reports name Ben Roberts-Smith29 Jul – 28 Oct

Live: PM maintains interpretation of melon hand gesture on podcast was incorrect

28 outlets1 report names Ben Roberts-Smith13 Aug – 28 Oct

'The empty places that remain' since Australia joined Afghanistan conflict

6 outlets9 reports name Ben Roberts-Smith11 Oct – 15 Oct

First case of bird flu in endangered Australian sea lion confirmed – as it happened

2 outlets1 report names Ben Roberts-Smith13 Sept

‘It’s about the underdog’: Ben Roberts-Smith launches brand to support family amid legal battle

1 outlets1 report names Ben Roberts-Smith16 Oct

‘I don’t want to be here’: Andrew Hastie was a reluctant but ‘straightforward’ witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

1 outlets1 report names Ben Roberts-Smith10 Sept

People they appear with

Andrew Hastie32Pauline Hanson32Barnaby Joyce21Anthony Albanese16Angus Taylor12Gina Rinehart11James Ashby9John Howard8Tony Abbott8Scott Morrison7David Shoebridge6Don Farrell6Jacqui Lambie6

Places in the same coverage

Australia26Afghanistan19Canberra16Australians14Sydney12

Organisations in the same coverage

Australian Associated22Australian Defence12

Who keeps naming them

The Guardian World6narrominenewsonline.com.au2thecourier.com.au2watoday.com.au2examiner.com.au2therural.com.au2canberratimes.com.au2miragenews.com1tenterfieldstar.com.au1bluemountainsgazette.com.au1begadistrictnews.com.au1illawarramercury.com.au1

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