Albanese, Dutton support freedom campaign

Optimism has lifted the Assange marketing campaign, after the PM aired frustrations with the federal government’s gridlocked diplomatic efforts to free the WikiLeaks co-founder.

An image of Julian Assange is projected onto a building in London, to mark three years since his arrest and detention in Belmarsh Prison (Image: AAP/Victoria Jones) — A picture of Julian Assange is projected onto a constructing in London, to mark three years since his arrest and detention in Belmarsh Jail (Picture: AAP/Victoria Jones)

The marketing campaign to free Julian Assange has been buoyed by hardened language utilized by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the assist of Opposition Chief Peter Dutton, as the problem of the WikiLeaks co-founder’s imprisonment returns to international prominence.

Renewed optimism lifted the marketing campaign on Friday morning, after Albanese in an interview with the ABC from London in a single day aired frustrations with the federal government’s gridlocked diplomatic efforts to free Assange. Dutton, chatting with the broadcaster’s Radio Nationwide on Friday morning, supplied the Coalition’s assist.

Assange’s brother, Gabriel Shipton, mentioned the interview marked the most recent in a sequence of great developments within the pursuit of his brother’s freedom, and signalled the federal government has taken up a hardened footing on the problem.