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Nobody should be surprised that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party have suddenly come out in support for a lower house resolution calling for freedom for WikiLeaks editor and publisher, Australian Julian Assange.

WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange is unlikely to be released by the US until the 2024 presidential elections are done. That is the main takeaway from American statements on Saturday, refusing to accede to Australia's timid requests for his freedom.

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange will submit an application on Thursday [23 December], seeking leave to appeal to the UK Supreme Court to annul the High Court decision on his extradition to the US.

Researchers have published details of what they claim is a Chinese-speaking nation-state actor which has been targeting a number of south-east Asian countries for more than a year, using vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange as an entry point. The campaign has been given the name GhostEmperor.

Veteran-founded organisation WithYouWithMe is allocating $10 million dollars of free digital skills training to Afghan refugees following the fall of Kabul.

A former American intelligence analyst and member of the armed forces has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining classified national defence information and giving it to a reporter.

The NBN Co's new corporate plan has not attracted much scrutiny, probably due to the fact that the Morrison Government has now announced it will make the network mostly fibre. That has been the debating point all these years: the multi-technology mix network championed by the Coalition, versus the 93% fibre rollout advanced by Labor.

After what seems like an eternity, a security company has dared to mention the unmentionable: the US does have advanced persistent threats or nation-state attack groups which are active.

More than 17 years have passed since the US invaded Iraq on the flimsiest of pretexts, with lies about this, that and the other, being used to justify the violation of a sovereign country.

WikiLeaks publisher and founder Julian Assange has been moved to health ward of Belmarsh Prison where he is incarcerated for jumping bail, with the whistleblower organisation expressing "grave concerns" about the state of his health.

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has told a court hearing in London that he is unwilling to surrender to be extradited to the US, just a day after he was jailed for 50 weeks for skipping bail in 2012.

Business Intelligence vendor Yellowfin has appointed its first Pakistani reseller as part of its ongoing move to expand global business.

Washington-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to stopping child labour in rug production, GoodWeave International, is achieving its goals by automating operations with a custom solution from Apple subsidiary FileMaker.

Following the Iraq and Afghanistan-focused releases, Wikileaks has made available 251,287 documents derived from communications through diplomatic channels belonging to the US.

The release of tens of thousands military documents from the Afghanistan conflict by the WikiLeaks website last July had not had a direct significant impact on Australia's national security interests, Defence Minister Stephen Smith has told Parliament.