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The Australian politicians pushing for Assange’s release represents a rare crack in the wall of bipartisan support for the sacrosanct alliance

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More than 60 federal politicians will travel to Washington next week to meet with members of the US Congress.

Sixty-three MPs and senators have written a strong letter calling on the US to stop persecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and warning of ‘a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia’ if he is extradited from the UK, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wants to stop Canberra becoming a ‘boom market’…

Airline’s main regulators are also members of the airline’s Chairman’s Lounge; poll tracker shows no campaign ahead in all states

Exclusive: MPs from major parties say continued extradition and prosecution would be ‘unjust’ and lead to an ‘outcry’ in Australia

A visiting Chinese professor had his laptop and mobile phone seized by the AFP and ASIO after reportedly being offered $2000 to provide intel on his networks in China, and independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich’s defamation case against Mark Latham could make history by being heard by a Federal Court…

In his relatively brief time as prime minister, Anthony Albanese has had very extensive contact with US President Joe Biden. According to the prime minister’s office, Albanese has had four formal meetings with him, plus two Quad meetings, and several other less formal discussions. They’ll rub shoulders again at the…

Escape is ‘at best’ a ‘catastrophic systems failure’ – but is ‘not entirely surprising’, says prison’s ex-security chief

WikiLeaks founder in the midst of appealing UK’s decision to agree to extradite him

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