Australian PM Anthony Albanese supports vote calling on UK and US to free Julian Assange
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6JM4J)
Albanese and cabinet ministers among those to back parliamentary motion introduced by independent Andrew Wilkie
Australian federal MPs - including the prime minister and cabinet members - have voted overwhelmingly to urge the US and the UK to allow the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to Australia.
The independent MP Andrew Wilkie hailed the passage of the motion, 86 votes in favour and 42 against, as an unprecedented show of political support for Mr Assange by the Australian parliament".
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