Nick McKenzie denies seeing privileged communication between Ben Roberts-Smith and his lawyers

Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie denies in a Sydney court having seen privileged communications between Ben Roberts-Smith and his lawyers during the failed defamation case against him and Nine newspapers. A secret recording revealed to the court suggested McKenzie told a witness about "legal strategy" involving Emma Roberts and her friend Danielle Scott, but he claims he didn’t know who made it or how it got into evidence. His lawyer argues the case should be reopened due to possible misconduct affecting justice in the case of Roberts-Smith, now facing a retrial on charges of war crimes after his 2023 acquittal.