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Trump nominates Lee Zeldin for EPA

  US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that former New York congressman Lee Zeldin will head up the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican would become the face of the party's efforts to roll back climate change regulations: Here's Nick Harper reporting from Washington.  

today12 November, 2024

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Julian Assange plea deal: what does it mean for the WikiLeaks founder, and what happens now?

WikiLeaks/X Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia After years of appeals and litigation, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered into a plea deal with the US government, according to court documents. He was facing one count of computer misuse and multiple counts of espionage stemming from his work with WikiLeaks, publishing sensitive US government documents provided by Chelsea Manning. The US government had repeatedly claimed that Assange’s actions risked […]

today25 June, 2024

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With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable

      By Emma Shortis, RMIT University     Today, in a surprise development likely weeks in the planning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to leave the United Kingdom for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a plea deal with the US government. In the past several months, momentum has been building towards this moment. There was increasing bipartisan support in both the Australian […]

today25 June, 2024

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Julian Assange’s appeal to avoid extradition will go ahead. It could be legally groundbreaking

        By Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia     Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s challenge to the order for his extradition to the United States to face charges of computer misuse and espionage will continue, after the High Court in London rejected US government assurances that his rights to freedom of expression would be protected. On March 26, the High Court conditionally granted Assange the right […]

today21 May, 2024