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JULIAN ASSANGE
Follow Crikey’s latest coverage of Julian Assange. Crikey’s Julian Assange coverage includes independent news, blogs and commentary.
ABC host: I quit the journos’ union because of Assange embrace
Is Julian Assange a journalist? ABC radio host Steve Austin says no. He’s so passionate about the issue he quit the journalists’ union.
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Why Julian Assange can win a Senate seat: campaign director
National campaign director of the newly formed WikiLeaks Party, Greg Barns, outlines how Julian Assange could become a Senator — and how to deal with the pesky not-actually-in-Australia issue.
READ MORECyprus bailout hits the trifecta
Crikey readers — and Guy Rundle — talk Cyprus, DFAT’s responsibilities and our out-of-control debt.
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Bradley Manning, succumbing to human frailty, pleads guilty
Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to the illegal possession and communication of government documents, and he is facing a sentence of 20 years. New revelations paint a sadder picture.
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A thousand days in jail, and Bradley Manning still waits for trial
The US soldier charged with leaking classified information to WikiLeaks has been caught up in vindictive pretrial punishment, writes freelancer Stella Gray. Now he finally faces trial.
READ MORESenate race: polling shows challenge to Greens power
Even on current polling Labor could retain some control of the Senate with the help of the Greens in the balance of power position, exclusive new polling from Essential Research reveals.
READ MOREWhere are the indigenous leaders?
Crikey readers weigh in.
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Khan shuns Assange, joining other celeb turncoats
Former Julian Assange supporter Jemima Kahn has written a piece accusing WikiLeaks of the same misinformation as those it sought to expose. It’s a sign of a renewed open-season on Assange in London.
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Online activists and exemplary punishment
Across the world, authorities are wildly overreacting to the threat posed by online activism. History says it won’t work. Expect more Aaron Swartzs, Bradley Mannings and Kim Dotcoms in coming years.
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Tips and rumours
Who’s shutting down Sweden’s transparency sites? … what your electricity bill should really say … Qld floods campaign gutted of funding …
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Win or lose, Assange’s Senate tilt will cause a stir
Assuming Julian Assange can overcome the difficulties involved in registering a party and nominating as a Senate candidate, he could significantly affect the next parliament.
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Gillard received WikiLeaks cable tip-off: Assange book
The Australian government was warned about embarrassing cables before WikiLeaks published them, according to an updated book on Julian Assange by ABC journalist Andrew Fowler.
READ MOREFinancial giants use McClelland statements to blockade WikiLeaks
The companies strangling WikiLeaks are partly relying on the Australian government’s discredited claims about the illegality of WikiLeaks’ publication of diplomatic cables.
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PM has little to fear from Assange’s new legal threat
Julian Assange has threatened legal action against Julia Gillard for her 2010 claims that WikiLeaks is “illegal”. But experts say any case is highly unlikely to succeed.
READ MORETanner, Assange, Slipper and Labor: think globally, hacks locally
Lindsay Tanner’s critique of Labor has much to recommend it, but the week saw some interesting twists on one of his themes.
READ MOREDrugs are a societal, not a judicial, problem
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MOREAssange Underground in Toronto: next stop Australia
Director Robert Connolly hopes to arrange a special screening for Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy of his new bio-pic Underground. Greg Truman reports from the premiere in Toronto.
READ MOREUS Ambassador: we have no interest in Assange
The US Ambassador to Australia has used an interview with Crikey to reflect on the impact of WikiLeaks, the constant speculation about Julian Assange and the lack of trust in governments globally.
READ MOREThe future of digital radio
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MORESwedish Q&A: do Assange’s claims on extradition stack up?
Claims that it would be easier for the US to extradite Julian Assange from Sweden than from the UK don’t stack up. Swedish legal academic Mark Klamberg explains why.
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Gillard on top in a week of wide and varied stories
Prime Minister Gillard shaded her colleagues for media coverage in a week which saw political and peripheral issues a plenty and found her central to many.
READ MORETrying to remain civilized on the Assange allegations
It’s possible to be take allegations of s-xual misconduct against Julian Assange seriously, while still being concerned about the US government campaign against him.
READ MOREAssange as Poppins meets HR Pufnstuff
Noon, down in Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge, behind the regal bulk of Harrods, and the crowd was already building outside the Ecuadorian embassy.
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Media briefs: Labor class of ’04 … inside: ads … Nine News crash …
In today’s Media Briefs: Newsroom unrest on Newsroom ads? … Labor’s class of ’94 remembered in print … Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … Nine News crew in Sydney pile-up … MasterChef Melbourne-bound …
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