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The 45-year-old is challenging findings of a Federal Court judge in June last year that news reports claiming he was complicit in and responsible for the unlawful murder of four unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan were substantially true.
The reports also claimed that Roberts-Smith bullied fellow soldiers to prevent them speaking out about his actions, threatened witnesses and hired private investigators to track them.
The 10-day hearing will be conducted through a combination of open court proceedings and closed court hearings where evidence containing national security secrets will be pored over.
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