Dutton joins Albanese for the first time to back end to Assange’s UK incarceration

Opposition leader supports diplomatic intervention in WikiLeaks founder’s case, saying it has ‘gone on too long’

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Peter Dutton has agreed with prime minister Anthony Albanese that the detention of Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the UK needs to come to an end.

For the first time in more than a decade, the leaders of Australia’s major political parties both publicly back a diplomatic intervention in the case, with Albanese saying “enough is enough” and Dutton agreeing it has “gone on too long”.

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