July 2024
Why Britain’s new PM could hold the key to Jimmy Lai’s freedom
Keir Starmer cut his teeth as a barrister at the same firm as Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, who is fighting for the release of Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai.
- Gus McCubbing and Hannah Wootton
June 2024
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Government under the cosh, keen to claim a win with Assange
It’s still not clear how Australia managed to get the Americans to drop the process of law on a man they wanted for espionage.
- Laura Tingle
The secret breakthroughs that freed Assange
Legal proceedings against the notorious whistleblower ended after a long and delicate fight in the highest offices on three continents.
- Andrew Tillett
Assange row erupts; Law firms boom; Meet Australia’s priciest lawyer
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Political row erupts over ‘hero’s welcome’ for Assange
The opposition says it is inappropriate for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to have spoken to Julian Assange after Assange’s arrival in Canberra on Wednesday.
- Andrew Tillett
Bolivian military pulls back after failed coup
Liberals have rebuked Anthony Albanese for calling Julian Assange; The Bolivian Military has pulled back from the presidential palace after a failed coup. Follow here for updates.
- Tom Rabe
‘You saved my life’: Assange thanks PM, lands in Australia
Julian Assange has personally thanked Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for championing his freedom after he touched down in Canberra on Wednesday.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Assange ‘won’t be silenced’ after guilty plea deal
Julian Assange is officially a free man, with the WikiLeaks founder now a convicted felon after pleading guilty in a remote US Pacific island courthouse.
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- Andrew Tillett
Inflation spikes to 4pc; RBA’s housing warning; Star’s new CEO
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Julian Assange to seek pardon after 15-year legal battle comes to close
The WikiLeaks founder will plead guilty to a single count of illegally disseminating US national security material and could return to Australia within days.
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- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Citizen Assange’s hero claim is forever tainted
WikiLeaks mainly benefited Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Russian intelligence. That leaves Julian Assange’s claim to be a hero of press freedom forever tainted.
- The AFR View
- Analysis
- WikiLeaks
Julian Assange never accepted the ethics of journalism
Drawing support from the far left and right, the Wikileaks founder was more international political actor than reporter.
- Aaron Patrick
A timeline of Julian Assange’s legal saga
A deal has brought an abrupt end to an extraordinary legal saga that has raised novel issues of national security, press freedoms, politics and diplomacy.
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- Charlie Savage
- Opinion
- Assange saga
Assange plea deal has echoes of David Hicks
Julian Assange’s release is not the first time a US president has done such a favour for an Australian prime minister.
- Phillip Coorey
Julian Assange released | Career tips from award winners | KFC economic crunch
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May 2024
Dutton open to cutting ties with ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has floated cutting ties with the International Criminal Court amid a deepening political row over an arrest warrant being sought for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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- Andrew Tillett
Assange wins right to appeal extradition to US
It could be many months until the appeal is heard, and then that decision could be taken to the UK Supreme Court.
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- Michael Holden and Sam Tobin
Qld industries fear compounding workforce shortage
Labor Premier Steven Miles has backed Dutton’s plan to slash migration; Peter Dutton has accused Anthony Albanese of ‘squibbing’ his response to war crimes arrest warrants. Live updates here.
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- Hannah Wootton
High Court might rule on Assange extradition
Two judges at the High Court in London are set to rule on whether the court is satisfied by US assurances that Julian Assange, 52, would not face the death penalty.
- Michael Holden and Sam Tobin
April 2024
‘Seize the moment’, Assange’s family urges Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said comments President Joe Biden on whether the US might drop its prosecution of Julian Assange were “encouraging”.
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- Andrew Tillett