Dozens of Al Jazeera journalist were probably targeted by the Saudi and Emirati governments using spyware deployed through an iMessage.
It is likely that significant internal costs were incurred during the process but these were not disclosed in the responses.
New procedures for investigating journalists have been welcomed by media companies as"a good start",but don't address Australia's"press freedom problem".
Ms Buttrose has dismissed criticism of the broadcaster's flagship program,Four Corners,as"malicious garbage".
The AFP will not lay charges against an ABC journalist after prosecutors found it would not be in the public interest.
"Julian needs his freedom and our democracy needs a free press,"the WikiLeaks founder's fiancee said.
The Trump administration wants Assange to be tried in the US on 18 spying charges over cables published by the Australian's WikiLeaks website a decade ago.
Stella Moris wants to move to Australia with the Wikileaks founder and their two young children if he can beat the Trump administration's attempt to extradite him.
The EU called for independent observers to enter Xinjiang and condemned the Chinese Communist Party's crackdown in Hong Kong and its treatment of journalists.
It comes days after Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated his country had a free media.
The Hong Kong residents were intercepted two weeks ago in waters off the southern Chinese province of Guangdong.