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Speaker 1: Wiki Leaks founded. Julian Assange is currently in the air

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Speaker 1: on a plane on the way to the island of

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Speaker 1: Saipan after being freed from UK prison. He's agreed to

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Speaker 1: a plea deal with the US. He's going to plead

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Speaker 1: guilty to one charge of conspiring to obtain and disclose

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Speaker 1: classified US national defense documents, so he'll appear in court

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Speaker 1: in Saipan and then he's going to walk free. New

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Speaker 1: South Wales Green Senator David Schubrit has been campaigning for

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Speaker 1: Julian massanjan with us.

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Speaker 2: Now, Hey David, yeah, hey, good to speak with you,

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Speaker 2: and good to speak with you knowing that a really

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Speaker 2: brave Australian citizen is on his way.

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Speaker 1: Home by and when does he get home?

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Speaker 2: Well, we're hoping that he'll be home before the week

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Speaker 2: is out, and I think he's you know, his family

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Speaker 2: and his supporters would would like him to have a

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Speaker 2: little bit of privacy on his trip back home and

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Speaker 2: his return to Australia, but we want him to be

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Speaker 2: dipping his feet in the sound of an Australian beach

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Speaker 2: before the week is out.

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Speaker 1: Are you sure that he is totally safe from US

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Speaker 1: authorities when he's in Saipan.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, no one's there are totally sure. I mean,

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Speaker 2: this is a government that was willing to reach across

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Speaker 2: the other side of the planet and then pluck him

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Speaker 2: from his family, prosecute him and try and keep him

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Speaker 2: in jail for life. But I have a lot of

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Speaker 2: regard and respect for his legal team. They would not

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Speaker 2: have allowed this to happen if they weren't sure that

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Speaker 2: it would end with his eventual freedom in Australia. So

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Speaker 2: you know, I have a lot of regard for his

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Speaker 2: legal team, and I'm certain that they've put in place

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Speaker 2: the protections they need for their client and so Julian

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Speaker 2: can get home.

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Speaker 1: How much moove did the Aussie government do on the

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Speaker 1: flee deal?

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Speaker 2: Well, look, I do want to give credit to the

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Speaker 2: Australian ambassador in Washington, Kevin Radiform, Australian Prime Minister. I know,

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Speaker 2: I know from reports from within the massage team. I

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Speaker 2: know from going over to Washington myself as part of

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Speaker 2: a broader delegation and urging the embassy and members of

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Speaker 2: US Congress to all they could to release Julian asun.

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Speaker 2: I know he's put genuine effort and I think that's

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Speaker 2: really important. I think the fact that we've had politicians

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Speaker 2: from across the political spectrum here in Australia unite together

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Speaker 2: to ask to well, to demand that Julian be allowed

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Speaker 2: to come home, I think I think that's all been

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Speaker 2: incredibly important.

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Speaker 1: David, good to talk to you mate. Thank you so much,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. David Shubridge, Green, Senator for New South Wales.

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