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Aaron Sheldrick

Assange likely to push for press freedom in Australia

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has not commented publicly on his plans after he was set free following more than a decade in hiding and prison, but his supporters say he will be vocal about press freedom.

Assange is on a chartered private business jet en route to Canberra's Fairbairn military airbase and may comment on his plans after arrival.

He is making the journey after his court hearing in tropical Saipan earlier on Wednesday, an improbable location for the end game of his fight with the US Justice Department, following his release from a maximum security prison in the UK.

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