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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.

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Has there been a recent political story that has been so subject to so much different framing, by so many different people and interests, as the legal resolution of the Julian Assange case, and his subsequent return to Australia?

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the United States Courthouse in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Getty Images

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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. She is the staff-elected director of the ABC. Connect with Laura on Twitter.
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