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Julian Assange arrives at Canberra airport on June 26 after he agreed a plea deal with US prosecutors that saw him released. He pleaded guilty in the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands to a charge of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents under the Espionage Act.

‘He did right by me’: Julian Assange endorses Anthony Albanese

The WikiLeaks founder has broken his silence to back Anthony Albanese’s re-election, saying no public figure did more to secure his release from jail.

  • Matthew Knott

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Bali Nine member Matthew Norman

Calling time on the remaining Bali Nine members

The remaining five members of the Bali Nine have returned to Australia, but nobody is the wiser about the deal struck to secure their release.

  • The Herald's View
Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by Indonesia in April, 2015.

Time to come home for the Bali Nine, left doing hard time in Indonesia

Hope grows for remaining Bali Nine prisoners to return to Australia to serve their sentences.

  • The Herald's View
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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Jane Hume, third from left, and other female Coalition MPs and senators arrive at the Midwinter ball.

Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy

Canberra is a small town, as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Julian Assange has become a Rorschach test, where people project onto him whatever they want to see.

We see what we want: How Assange became a political Rorschach test

The founder of WikiLeaks helped turned the concept of left and right-wing politics on its head.

  • Maher Mughrabi
Julian Assange

Hero, villain, or both? Untangling Assange’s divisive legacy

The Herald published two opinion pieces on Julian Assange. One was objective – the other revealed a superior tone conveying mockery, derision and oversimplification.

Lawyer Jennifer Robinson watches on as Julian Assange is greeted by his wife Stella upon his return to Australia last week.

Assange may be free, but journalism everywhere is in chains

Journalists and publishers remain under threat all over the world, especially in our region. Australia, which is no beacon for media freedom, needs to step up.

  • Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Jennifer Robinson

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