Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate notes that Australian citizen Julian Assange has been recognised as a journalist by the:

  (a) Queen's Bench Division of the British High Court ruling of 2 November 2011;

  (b) Australian Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism 2011;

  (c) Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism 2011;

  (d) Italian International Piero Passetti Journalism Prize of the National Union of Italian Journalists 2011;

  (e) Spanish José Couso Press Freedom Award 2011;

  (f) Spanish Voice of the West Freedom of Expression Award 2011; and

  (g) Amnesty International UK Media Award 2009.