Julian Assange: Australia’s quiet campaign to bring Wikileaks founder home

Assange was welcomed home by the prime minister, but there was initially little sympathy for him in Australia.

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A handful of supporters waved and cheered as he drove away from the air base.

But this was no hero's welcome - there were no large crowds or champagne in sight.

Look closely though, and you will see signs of just how hard Australia's government has worked to get the WikiLeaks founder back.

Out of shot of the cameras, he was followed off the plane by former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who is now the country's ambassador to the US, and Australia's High Commissioner to the UK, Stephen Smith - who was Rudd's foreign minister between 2007 and 2010.

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