WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made his first public remarks since his release after he struck a deal with the United States, saying he is free because he pleaded “guilty to journalism.” The 53-year-old on Tuesday traveled to the French city of Strasbourg to appear before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and provide evidence on his detention and conviction,

Opposition leader Peter Dutton was ‘more like a thug’ than an aspiring PM in his stoush with an ABC reporter about protests, Sarah Hanson-Young said. Katy Gallager said it was ‘Absolutely appropriate’ for police to investigate alleged raising of Hezbollah flags.