Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the country stands behind the Australian cricket team and looks forward to welcoming them home victorious. That story and more in today's live blog.
Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange spent another birthday in a UK prison cell, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong saying the matter has “dragged on too long.”appealing his extradition to the United States
Wong said the legal case was in another jurisdiction involving another country, and there were limits to what Australia could do. Penny Wong said Australia had “deep concerns” about the national security laws in Hong Kong and their broad application on ABC Radio this morning.
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