


The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has defended Katy Gallagher amid the opposition’s allegations she misled parliament over what she knew in connection to the Brittany Higgins allegations. The Northern Territory’s four land councils have declared their support of a First Nations voice in the upcoming referendum, handing the Barunga Voice Declaration to the minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney. It comes as, on Friday evening, the network issued an apology to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price following disparaging comments made by Wilkinson in leaked audio reported in the media.
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Lawyers for Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson have made explosive allegations that a “calculated” and “concerted” media campaign using restricted court material is being waged to pressure and dissuade witnesses from giving evidence in the defamation trial brought by Bruce Lehrmann. Enjoy the rest of your Friday, whether you’re hitting the town or tucking in with a good book (like myself). With that, we will wrap the blog for the evening. I will take this opportunity again to reach out to the Australian prime minister and plead with him, please do more, do whatever you can, please pick up the phone.Ģd ago 09.25 BST What we learned: Friday, 9 June Wilkie said Assange’s imprisonment was a “terrible injustice” for a man who had helped reveal “hard evidence” of US war crimes. With possibly only weeks to go before the extradition might occur, you know, frankly I would like to see Anthony Albanese speak to US president Joe Biden on the telephone, and make a personal plea from one ally to another, and we do have a special relationship, we do have more influence in Washington than some people might realise. I applaud Anthony Albanese and also Peter Dutton … they have both now very clearly stated publicly that they think this matter has gone on long enough and it should be brought to an end, but regrettably, such statements have not resolved the matter. MP has urged Anthony Albanese to pick up the phone and make a “personal plea” to the US president for Assange’s release. 07.27 BST Wilkie urges PM to call Joe Biden about Assange’s release
