Senator Says Hero’s Welcome for Assange Not Appropriate

Published on June 27, 2024

Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham has welcomed Julian Assange’s return home, but cautioned against treating him like a “hero.” The Wikileaks founder set foot in Australia on June 26, the first time in over 14 years following a protracted legal and diplomatic deadlock. Mr. Assange was accompanied by Australia’s top diplomats to the United States and the UK, and also received a phone call from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese upon his arrival. Yet Senator Birmingham was critical of this action. “The fact that it’s at an end is welcome. What he does not deserve is the warm embrace or homecoming welcome of Prime Minister Albanese like some type of hero,” Mr. Birmingham told ABC Radio....

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