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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amy Remeikis

Dutton joins Albanese for the first time to back end to Assange’s UK incarceration

Peter Dutton
Opposition leader Peter Dutton expressed support for prime minister Anthony Albanese’s view that Julian Assange should be freed from UK detention. Photograph: Nikki Short/AAP

Peter Dutton has agreed with prime minister Anthony Albanese that the detention of Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the UK needs to come to an end.

For the first time in more than a decade, the leaders of Australia’s major political parties both publicly back a diplomatic intervention in the case, with Albanese saying “enough is enough” and Dutton agreeing it has “gone on too long”.

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