The Australian War Memorial’s prize controversy betrays the institution’s purpose: to tell the messy truth about war
Carolyn Holbrook, Deakin University The Australian War Memorial is in the news for reportedly retrospectively changing the rules of its Les Carlyon prize for military history. This resulted in it not being awarded to Walkley award-winning journalist Chris Masters’ book about disgraced special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith. Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes details […]