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The People's Question
In February, Crikey.com.au and OurSay gave you the opportunity to get your question asked in House of Representatives through a secret MP.
Crikey.com.au featured a new reader's question each week, and looked at where/how and why of the issue.
After voting closed, it was revealed the secret MP was Adam Bandt, the member for Melbourne. He plans to take the top question on the OurSay site (which is about end-of-life decision-making) into parliament house on Wednesday the 14th of March. Stay tuned to our website, Facebook page and Twitter for updates.
The Question
What actions is the Australian government taking to support the Australian citizen, Julian Assange, who seems to being politically prosecuted for informing the public of what their governments are doing?
This is so obvious a frameup.
So much for protecting whistleblowers and greater transparency of government. If democracy is to exist beyond name only then Julian assange's rights as an Australian citizen must be protected and defended by our government.
as a very stable and 'free democracy' we should be fighting for the same freedoms for the rest of the world... allowing julian assange to be persecuted & bradley manning to rot in solitary confinement is truly a pitiful global response by our povo govo to this massive issue.
A government has protection of its citizens as its primary responsibility - regardless of whether it is politically advantageous to do so or not.
The only obligation a government has towards its citizens charged with a crime in another country is to try to ensure a fair trial.