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A North Queensland man has enjoyed the shortest ever homecoming trip to Australia today.
Julian Assange has disappointed friends, family and the general public this evening by immediately turning around after setting foot on Australian soil.
“Fuck that,” he was heard saying after taking a fleeting look at the broader Questacon precinct, also known as the city of Canberra.
The whistleblower who was sensationally granted freedom as part of the a plea deal with the United States has reportedly just got back on the plane to the United Kingdom.
One of our journalists on the ground at Canberra International Airport said that Assange boarded his plane less than 30 minutes after landing in the nation’s capital.
Speaking to a member of The Advocate’s Canberra Bureau, Assange explained his decision to turn his back on his new found freedom.
“I thought Belmarsh prison was grim, fuck me,” laughed the founder of Wikileaks, who has been locked up in the UK for over a decade.
“I’ll rather set up camp in the Ecuadorian embassy then spend a night in that place,” he sighed.
“How do people live here full time.”
When asked whether he should maybe head up to the Deep North for a bit of sun and some honest Queensland company, Assange laughed.
“Yes of course. To Cairns, let’s go.”
“Sorry, it’s been a long few years.”
More to come.
