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This article from Time is a good overview to get up to speed on who Julian Assange is and why the US is pushing for his extradition.
This Sydney Morning Herald/Age profile from 2022 of Jennifer Robinson. She’s an Aussie human rights lawyer who works with Assange’s legal team.
Hillary Clinton’s interview on ABC TV’s Four Corners (skip to the 25-minute mark). Clinton was the US Secretary of State when WikiLeaks published the classified information in question.
Extras:
This New Yorker article on the Russian artist holding art hostage in a bid to protect Assange
David Crowe's opinion piece on the showing of support by Aussie politicians towards Assange
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The truth about Baby Reindeer
Weekly Wrap: Unpacking the Budget, a global wrap on protests, and happy b'day to us...
BackTrack's Bernie Shakeshaft on more kids, more towns, more empathy in Aus
Weekly Wrap: The Meh-Gala, Aussie brothers murdered in Mexico, and what to expect in the Federal Budget
Making and reporting on the Federal Budget with former Managing Director of Nine Publishing James Chessell
Weekly Wrap: National Cabinet tackles gendered violence, Solomon Island's has a new PM, and it's Eurovision time...
AFR fashion editor Lauren Sams on faster, faster, faster fashion
Weekly Wrap: Musk v eSafety, the US TikTok ban, and a viral baby story
The weighty issue of Ozempic
Weekly Wrap: 2 knife attacks in Sydney, Lehrmann loses his case, and a buttery recommendation
Adam Harvey: A foreign correspondent's perspective on the Israel-Gaza war
Weekly Wrap: Wong floats 2-state solution, Trump's abortion issue, and an unfortunate bird update...
The business of Bluey
Weekly Wrap: Lehrmann case hears new evidence, Alice has a curfew, and a Bluey kind of movie
Interview: Bryce Corbett on teaching the next generation to be media literate
The high cost of hosting big sporting events
Weekly Wrap: When sports and politics collide, the latest on Donald Trump, and a very big yeehaw
Interview: ITV's Lizzie Robinson from inside a royal newsroom
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