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

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Ben Roberts-Smith has launched a last-ditch effort to access three diary entries of Maj Gen Paul Brereton, the officer who wrote the Afghanistan Inquiry into alleged war crimes committed by Australian special forces troops.

In a parallel court action to the defamation case, the former Victoria Cross recipient Roberts-Smith has brought against three Australian newspapers, the former SAS corporal has pursued a five-year freedom of information application seeking access to three entries from Brereton's diary during the course of his Afghanistan investigation.

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