Assange’s Wikileaks to Field Candidates in Australia Vote
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Julian Assange will stand as one of the seven candidates his Wikileaks Party will field for Australia’s Senate in a national election due by the end of November.
The party, registered with the country’s elections agency on July 1, will “make sure whoever is in government does their job,” Assange told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio yesterday. “It’s an insurance policy for the election.”