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

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.

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

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.

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

‘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.

  • byRob Harris
Family photo shows Julian Assange lying low 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.

  • byMatthew Knott
Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy
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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.

  • byStephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
We see what we want:How Assange became a political Rorschach test
Opinion
Opinion

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.

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

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.

Assange may be free,but journalism everywhere is in chains
Opinion
Opinion

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.

  • byCaoilfhionn Gallagher andJennifer Robinson
Just don’t call him a hero. Assange’s recklessness may have cost lives
Opinion
Opinion

Just don’t call him a hero. Assange’s recklessness may have cost lives

I know the view of Australian intelligence agencies:it’s likely that Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks dump of information cost lives. It was wickedly reckless.

  • byGeorge Brandis
The freedom messiah is free,but a few women won’t join the cheer squad
Opinion
Opinion

The freedom messiah is free,but a few women won’t join the cheer squad

Julian Assange is a notable supporter of revolutions,but perhaps he draws the line at ones inspired by feminism.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Difficult,paranoid and polarising:Dissecting the contradiction that is Julian Assange

Difficult,paranoid and polarising:Dissecting the contradiction that is Julian Assange

The messier parts of his story are inconvenient for some of Assange’s supporters. It shows how hard it is,in the modern world,to advocate for a flawed man.

  • byJordan Baker