Australian federal MPs, including the Prime Minister and members of the cabinet, have overwhelmingly voted to advocate for the return of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, to Australia, urging both the US and the UK to allow it.
According to The Guardian, the passage of the motion, with 86 votes in favor and 42 against, was celebrated by independent MP Andrew Wilkie as “an unprecedented show of political support for Assange by the Australian parliament”.
While opposition leader Peter Dutton, along with colleagues from the…
