Assange would enable politicians to leak govt info

The founder of Wiki-Leaks has revealed he will enable Australian politicians to leak secret government information if elected to Parliament.

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Speaking from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Julian Assange told SBS he would give every senator a secure USB stick to pass on information about corruption.

"One of the first things that we will do when we have someone in the Senate is go and give every senator a secure USB communications system where they can convey to WikiLeaks information about corruption within Australian political parties and so on that they've observed but can't reveal," he said.

Mr Assange is standing for the Australian Senate in the federal election on September 7.

But he's stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy in London avoiding extradition to Sweden for questioning over sexual assault claims while hoping to travel to Ecuador where he's been offered asylum.

Assange said his numbers were strong.

"We have polling over many polls now including the (ruling) ALP's own polling company UMR showing that I have 25 to 28 percent of the voting intention -- 40 percent of the voting intention for people under the age of 30," Assange told SBS.

"That's a really very significant result," he added.

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