Introducing: The ABCs of Heston Russell

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True Crime, News, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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0:00.0	Heston Russell is a decorated war hero.
0:09.7	Right now, the allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan and of ABC fake news.
0:16.9	A commando leader sent deep inside enemy territory facing unthinkable odds.
0:23.6	The ABC needs to wake up and accept that they've got this wrong.
0:28.6	Returning home to an unsure future and the fight of his life.
0:32.6	Former Special Forces Commando, Heston Russell, is suing the ABC for defamation.
0:38.2	Ripped from today's headlines, an incredible, true, life story.
0:43.6	There's no way in hell you ever heard a shot. You know, it just, it didn't happen. There's no way.
0:48.8	What happens when the freedoms we take for granted are turned against those who defend them?
0:56.7	They've literally added extra gunshots.
0:59.4	You know, there's this idea that we make shit up, and we don't.
1:02.8	This is when I realise that it wasn't about the truth.
1:05.7	It was about being right.
1:07.1	This is the ABCs of Heston Russell.
1:14.0	A new podcast series available on all platforms.

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