Those who revealed un-redacted cables have never been prosecuted nor requested to remove them from the internet, writes Dean Yates.
What I Got Wrong About Julian Assange
Category: Australia
John Pilger: A Judicial Kidnapping
Julian Assange’s High Court judges offered no mitigation, no suggestion that they had agonised over legalities or even basic morality, writes John Pilger.
Australia Captured
Michelle Fahy investigates the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s development of deep connections to the world’s largest and most powerful military weapons manufacturers.
How America’s Official Secrets Act Ensnared Julian Assange
If the U.S. wins its appeal, Julian Assange will face prosecution under a severe espionage law with roots in the British Official Secrets Act that is part of a history of repression of press freedom, reports Joe Lauria.
WATCH: ‘Believing the Propaganda That the Government Follows the Law’
Whistleblower David McBride faces life in prison for revealing war crimes in Afghanistan to the media. Watch his story here.
Australian War Propaganda Goes Off the Rails
In a blatant advert for arms sales masquerading as news, 60 Minutes tries to tie Taiwan to the fantasy of China randomly invading a continent of white foreigners thousands of miles away, writes Caity Johnstone.
Partners in Crimes? The UK-Australia Special Relationship
Among several areas of growing collaboration, Canberra’s militarized immigration policy arguably inspires London the most, write Antony Loewenstein and Peter Cronau.
COP26: Will Rich Nations Allow Our Planet to Breathe?
Rather than focus on the necessary energy transition, Vijay Prashad says developed countries have taken to crude propaganda against a handful of developing states.
COP26: Britain’s Courtship of Climate-Action Obstructers
The government’s fossil-fuel-expanding trade intentions raise urgent questions about its hosting of COP26, writes Nafeez Ahmed.
Assange’s Legal Maze: Australian Foreign Ministry
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has devised this chart to the various legal pathways that can result after the High Court hearing in the U.S. appeal against the decision not to extradite Julian Assange.