July 25, 2023 — 7.09pm
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A Defence whistleblower charged with leaking confidential material to journalists about potential war crimes by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan wants his court summons displayed in the Australian War Memorial.
Former army lawyer David McBride, who is facing trial this year, wants evidence of his own treatment by the justice system displayed, after the War Memorial erected signs acknowledging a landmark judgment dismissing disgraced former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case against media outlets.
“The War Memorial is about telling the truth,” McBride told a press conference in Parliament House on Tuesday, adding that the Anzac legend initially inspired him to speak out.
“I believe I did my job. My job was to stand up when I saw things [that were] wrong.”
McBride will be tried in the ACT Supreme Court on five charges relating to the disclosure of classified documents between 2013 and 2017. The federal government is facing calls to intervene in the prosecution, with ACT Veterans Minister Emma Davidson telling The Guardian the case was not in the public interest.
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