'Why such a rush': Coalition questions Ben Roberts Smith charging timeline The speed of former Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts Smith's war crimes prosecution has sparked concerns that due process may have been compromised.
The timing of the charges, which came just over a week after Attorney General Michelle Rowland received a brief of evidence, has raised eyebrows in Canberra.
The Office of the Special Investigator (OSI), established in 2020 to probe war crimes allegations, has been investigating Roberts Smith for some time.