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Rob Stary, pictured in 2015, has joined Barns and others in advising the students.

‘Sucker for a good cause’: Melbourne legal legends sign up for Palestinian student activists

Two students expelled from the University of Melbourne over their pro-Palestine protests were given 30 days to appeal. Their plight has already attracted some legal heavyweights.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Scarlett Johansson was one of many stars to strut down the red carpet at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

Arson, dissidents and jabs at Trump: The biggest moments from the 78th Cannes Film Festival

From power outages to lobster-stealing seagulls, here are the best, weirdest and most notable moments from La Croisette this year.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
Gabriel Shipton at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne, February 2025.

How Julian Assange’s brother and a crypto artist raised $74m to free him

Gabriel Shipton and the cyber artist Pak joined forces to create an NFT artwork that played a major role in securing the WikiLeaks founder’s release.

  • Karl Quinn
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Set around a drinking game, this play pushes friendship to its limit

In a new play by Deborah Frances-White – host of The Guilty Feminist podcast – four friends find their relationships strained after a confronting evening.

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Jennifer Robinson at Melbourne restaurant Farmer’s Daughters.

The international lawyer who specialises in breaking the silence

Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson has been at the heart of battles over press freedom and gender violence. She is sure of one thing: change is needed.

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Tomas Kantor and Emily Havea are among five actors channelling the WikiLeaks founder in Truth.

What’s it like being Julian Assange? These actors are finding out

They might not look anything like him, but five actors get “in the guy’s brain” in a daring new play called Truth. So will he turn up to see the results?

  • John Bailey
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How people power, John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool

Thirty years ago, a Herculean community effort led by an unlikely band of campaigners stopped the site from being turned into a block of flats.

  • Rachael Dexter
John Shipton, father of Julian Assange.

Julian Assange’s dad thanks Vladimir Putin for his ‘support’

John Shipton is in Moscow doing the rounds of Russian media to coincide with an international summit.

  • Rob Harris
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, delivers a speech beside his wife Stella Assange at the European council in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday.

‘Let us stop gagging … and killing each other’: Assange breaks his silence

The 53-year-old WikiLeaks founder has spoken publicly for the first time since being freed from a UK prison after pleading guilty to US charges.

  • Rob Harris
Julian Assange (left) and father John Shipton in Melbourne

Family photo shows Julian Assange lying low in Melbourne

Assange’s brother says the WikiLeaks founder is adjusting to life outside prison and readying a bid for a presidential pardon.

  • Matthew Knott

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