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We brought you the news earlier that 81 unopened ballot papers for the seat of Narungga had been found, weeks after the South Australian election.
Narungga was one of the four lower house seats Pauline Hanson’s One Nation picked up at the 21 March poll, with Chantelle Thomas winning by a wafer-thin margin of 58.
The South Australian electoral commission has now counted those votes and found the outcome has not changed.
In fact, Thomas’s margin has increased from 58 to 74 votes, dashing the hopes of the Liberal candidate, Tania Stock.
Australian ex-soldier Roberts-Smith granted bail in Afghan war crimes case
Former Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been granted bail after spending 10 days in prison over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.
The 47-year-old was released on Friday after a judge said he would face “years and years” in prison before his case went to trial.
Roberts-Smith, who was awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross in 2011, was arrested in Sydney last week and charged with murdering five people in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.
Speaking after the ex-soldier was detained, Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett said that “it will be alleged the victims were not taking part in hostilities at the time of their alleged murder in Afghanistan”.
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Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail over alleged war crime of murder offences
Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has fronted court charged with war crime of murder. (Supplied: Rocco Fazzari)
Ben Roberts-Smith has been granted bail after being arrested and charged with war crime of murder offences.
A Sydney court heard it would likely take years for the matter to be resolved.
Mr Roberts-Smith's parents attended the hearing, and a number of supporters gathered outside court.
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has been granted bail after spending more than a week in custody over allegations of war crimes.
The 47-year-old was arrested at Sydney Domestic Airport last week and charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, alleged to have occurred in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2012.
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