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  "id": 6606706,
  "title": "‘I don’t want to be here’: Andrew Hastie was a reluctant but ‘straightforward’ witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/i-dont-want-to-be-here-andrew-hastie-was-a-reluctant-but-6606706",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:00:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/11/andrew-hastie-reluctant-witness-ben-roberts-smith-case-one-nation-traitor-attack-ntwnfb"
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  "summary": "The Liberal MP and former SAS soldier is under attack from One Nation after complying with a subpoena to give evidence in the failed 2022 civil case Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast “I don’t dislike Mr Roberts-Smith at all. I pity Mr Roberts-Smith. I pity this whole process. I don’t want to be here.” Andrew Hastie was a reluctant witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith…",
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        "title": "‘I don’t want to be here’: Andrew Hastie was a reluctant but ‘straightforward’ witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/i-dont-want-to-be-here-andrew-hastie-was-a-reluctant-but",
        "published": "2026-09-10T15:00:41.000Z"
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