Australia ‘not aware’ of fresh FBI probe into Assange The attorney-general was not contacted by US authorities in relation to a new investigation by the FBI into WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange. The New Daily · Jun 1, 2023
The wars we don't (care to) see Few Americans have any sense of just how devastating (not to say unsuccessful) the war on terror has been Salon · May 31, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor's Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok The federal budget gave a much-needed, but very modest, increase to those on JobSeeker and associated payments. However, it didn’t address that other important issue of the unemployed: how to help as many JobSeekers as possible to get into work, whether full- or part-time. The Conversation · May 25, 2023
Julian Assange's supporters say campaign for release on 'cusp of success' Supporters of Julian Assange said on Wednesday the campaign to release the Wikileaks founder is on the "cusp of success" after a concerted diplomatic push by his country, Australia, which says he has been imprisoned for too long. Reuters · May 24, 2023
Australian prime minister says he is working effectively to free WikiLeaks founder Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is working in the “most effective way possible” to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange The Independent UK · May 22, 2023
Australian climber dies on Everest; NSW officer guilty of assaulting Indigenous boy; and Guy Pearce returning to Neighbours Jason Kennison’s ascent of world’s highest mountain came 17 years after he was told he might never walk again The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2023
Assange’s life in Australian government’s hands: Wife Stella Assange pleaded for the Australian government to end the incarceration of her husband, Julian Assange, as an important test of press freedom. The New Daily · May 22, 2023
Assange's life in Australian government's hands: wife Stella Assange pleaded for the Australian government to end the incarceration of her husband, Julian Assange, as an important test of press freedom. AAP · May 22, 2023
Ithaka: The Fight to Free Assange review – there’s no better show about the WikiLeaks founder’s battle Does this documentary about Julian Assange’s struggle for freedom lack subtlety? Yes. But – for deeply troubling reasons made clear by this programme – it’s the best we have The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023
TV tonight: Julian Assange’s father and wife tell their remarkable story The film follows the family for two years after Assange’s arrest in 2019. Plus: Malpractice reaches its gripping finale. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023
Wife hails UK TV premiere of film about campaign to free Julian Assange Stella Assange said the screening is a ‘hugely significant’ moment in the fight to have her husband released from prison. The Independent UK · May 17, 2023
Review: Ithaka Chronicles the Fight To Save Julian Assange "If he goes down, so will journalism," Assange's father John Shipton says in the documentary. Reason · May 16, 2023
US President Joe Biden postpones Australia visit due to domestic debt ceiling crisis The White House says US President Joe Biden has postponed his planned trip to Australia and will return home after the G7 in Japan because of stalled domestic debt ceiling negotiations. ABC News · May 16, 2023
US President Joe Biden cancels Australia visit next week US President Joe Biden will address the Australian parliament when he visits Canberra and Sydney for security talks. The New Daily · May 16, 2023
The New Daily · May 9, 2023 MPs plead with the US ambassador to end pursuit of Julian Assange A group of Australian politicians met with US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy to push for her country to drop its pursuit of Julian Assange.
Reuters · May 9, 2023 Australian lawmakers meet US envoy to seek release of Julian Assange A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers said on Tuesday they met U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and allow him to return to Australia.
The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2023 Julian Assange: Australian MPs urge US ambassador to end extradition bid Independent MP Andrew Wilkie was ‘grateful’ for the opportunity to meet Caroline Kennedy to discuss broad concern for the WikiLeaks founder
The Independent UK · May 6, 2023 In London, Brazil's Lula calls for efforts to free Assange After attending the coronation of King Charles III in London, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced the lack of concerted efforts to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent four years in Britain’s Belmarsh Prison
The Guardian - AU · May 6, 2023 Julian Assange writes letter to King Charles and urges him to visit Belmarsh prison The WikiLeaks founder writes that he has been captive in the prison for more than four years ‘on behalf of an embarrassed foreign sovereign’
The Independent UK · May 5, 2023 ‘Quite the legacy’: Julian Assange asks King to visit him in prison The WikiLeaks founder has spent more than four years in Belmarsh prison in London.
The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2023 Afternoon Update: inflation to decline faster than predicted; author Gabrielle Carey dies; and King Charles’s unnecessary coronation Australia’s near-term inflation should decline faster than previously predicted as wage growth ‘momentum’ eases and economy slows, RBA says
Al Jazeera · May 5, 2023 Australia PM says no point in US’s continued pursuit of Assange The WikiLeaks founder has been in a UK jail for years as he fights extradition to the US.
The Independent UK · May 5, 2023 Albanese says nothing served by US still pursuing Assange Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed frustration at the United States’ continuing efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Reuters · May 5, 2023 Australia PM says 'frustrated' over continued detention of Julian Assange Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday he was frustrated for not yet finding a diplomatic fix over the continued detention of Julian Assange and that he remained concerned about the mental health of the WikiLeaks' founder.
The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2023 Dutton joins Albanese for the first time to back end to Assange’s UK incarceration Opposition leader supports diplomatic intervention in WikiLeaks founder’s case, saying it has ‘gone on too long’