Hi mhaze

Albo will be in a bind if/when Assange and his mob start breaking Australian law by publicising Australian secrets.

Cheers Mavs

Talking about stupidity?

"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never
be accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears
into something he can understand."
(Bertrand Russell).

The following is a highly recommended read:

http://amazon.com.au/Trial-Julian-Assange-Story-Persecution/dp/1839766220

It's available from your local public libraries and at
all good bookshops.

Penny Wong to her credit:

"told the ABC that while freedom of the press was "a key principle of our democracy", so too was the protection of national security information, "and we have very clear laws in Australia to protect that information"."

More at http://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8677115/julian-assanges-quiet-return-to-canberra-amid-pardon-hopes/?cs=14329

Despite all the rubbish about freedom of speech and freedom of the press that's been written about Assange over the years here's what he finally pled guilty to...

" guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. national defense documents".

Not publishing the documents but conspiring to obtain them ie working with Bradley Manning (who now likes to parade around as a women) to steal classified information. (NB: whether the documents should have been classified is a different issue as to exactly what his crime was).

Had the case gone to court the US government claimed they had evidence that Assange encouraged, advised and helped Manning nick the data.
So again, nothing to do with the publication of the data which many others did without penalty.

But the beatification of Assange requires that he be treated like a freedom of the press martyr so the disinformation will continue

The following may be of interest:

http://theguardian.com/law/2023/mar/28/more-than-800-secrecy-laws-keeping-australian-government-information-from-the-public-paper-shows