The planned visit comes as WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief warns Julian Assange is in poor health and 'losing weight rapidly'.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week said legal processes "should run their course" and he believed Mr Assange should "face the music" while Labor leader Anthony Albanese last month told the ABC "there hasn't been enough engagement with Julian and with his family".
Mr Hrafnsson is in Australia to lobby journalists and politicians to support Mr Assange, whom he has visited in jail.In a speech at the National Press Club on Tuesday, Mr Hrafnsson said Mr Assange was being targeted for releasing embarrassing information about US misconduct. "Julian has sacrificed everything so that whistleblowers can shine light on this kind of serious wrongdoing, so the public can understand truths about our world, and for the principles of press freedom," Mr Hrafnsson said.
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