US pushes back on Assange, talks up security at AUSMIN

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a press conference after the AUSMIN talks at Government House in Brisbane, on Saturday, 29 July, 2023. Source: AAP / DARREN ENGLAND/AAPIMAGE

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The United States has pushed back on Australia's request to release Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It comes as powerful members of the Biden Administration have met with their Australian counterparts in Brisbane for strategic defence and security talks.

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