of voters he hopes will get him in a senate seat in victoria state music manifesto aside the wiki leaks party formed just last month promises to bring transparency accountability and justice to australia's parliament by pushing for public oversight of government government practices fighting corruption and providing people with a range of what it calls twenty first century freedoms that includes the free flow of information internet liberty protection for whistleblowers and national sovereignty on with integrity in the global community that's a tall order for any party but poll watchers are calling a songe a wild card candidate with the power to pull votes away from other australian anti establishment parties such as family first the pirate party and the sex party yes you heard that right so what if this wild card makes it in well he's got plenty of

a colorful campaign motioning for mr sun absolutely and not a moment of bleakness there the wiki leaks party campaign for a seat in australia's senate has consisted mostly of social media blitzes a virtual town hall meetings and a mullet wig music video where candidate julius songs recorded his own version of oz icon john farnham's activist anthem you're the voice that's right the fugitive whistleblower belting it out to the hearts and minds of voters he hopes will get him into a senate seat in victor victoria state now musical manifesto aside the wiki leaks party formed just last month promises to bring transparency accountability and justice to australia's parliament by pushing for public oversight of government practices to fight corruption and by providing people with a range of what it calls twenty first century freedoms that includes the free flow of information internet liberty protection for whistleblowers national sovereignty and integrity in the global community as you can imagine andy that is a very tall order for any party was this just a p.r. stunt by them to get a bit of public

three and six years of labor controlled they're not the only ones running among them as the party of wiki leaks editor julian assange choose a mean for senate seat the movement spearheaded by the siege of whistleblower promises to be to bring transparency accountability and justice to australia's parliament it's a mean towards letting the public oversee government practices as well as calls against corruption and pledges to provide people with a range of what it calls twenty first century freedoms that includes free flow of information internet liberty protection for whistleblowers national sovereignty and integrity in the global community let's bring in melbourne bass a lecturer i've been oid camp marco who is joining us on his primary running mate it's good to have you with us here on our team now tony abbott seems to be the front runner at the moment what would be considered a victory for the weekly leaks party. what would be considered a victory here would be having senatorial representation in the upper house so what a strain in its parliament it's what's called a bi cameral legislature wh

calls to end six years of labor control they're not the only ones running among them as the party of wiki leaks editor julian assange who's aiming for senate seat the movement spearheaded by the fugitive whistleblower promises to bring transparency accountability and justice will strain his parliament it's aiming towards letting the public oversee government practices as well as coles against corruption and pledges to provide people with a range of what it calls twenty first century freedoms that includes of the free flow of information into their liberty protection for whistleblowers national sovereignty and integrity in the global community julian assange has primary running mate binoy accompt maga says the party is setting a precedent just by taking part. looks like tony abbott will be the next prime minister of conservative government but even if that is the case it's imperative according to the weak links party that the upper house remain in the hands of smaller parties to prevent him having absolute control that's one of the idea is that it's at stake here and so the recollects party woul

the labor government to concede defeat after six years of power among those running was the party of wiki leaks founder julian assange although he's not likely to secure a seat in the senate well earlier my colleague andrew farmer spoke to artie's lindsay france about a sound she is bad for office. he's got the power to pull votes away from other australian anti establishment parties such as family first's the pirate party and the sex party you heard that right those three opposition parties he has the power to to to get good tension away from them just with his name alone and also with his campaign because it's been very colorful hasn't yes it has absolutely his campaign for a seat in australia's senate as you mentioned has consisted mostly of social media blitz is in virtual town hall meetings along with a mullet wig music video where the candidates recorded his own version of oz icon john farnham activism and you're the voice of that you. didn't please the president of ecuador too much that this was shot in the ecuadorian embassy but that's another story altogether but i have been making som

labor government to concede defeat after ruling for six years and among those running was the party of wiki leaks editor son jamie in for a senate seat so let's get the details now from artie's lindsey france who's been doing her homework on this story still counting the votes but is there actually a real chance that mr saunders could gain a seat landing can't call them outstanding exactly but poll watchers are calling a sarge a wild card candidate he's got the power to pull votes away from other australian anti-establishment parties such as family first the pirate party and the sex party you heard that right those three opposition parties he has the power to to to get good tension away from them just with his name alone and also with his campaign because it's been very colorful hasn't yes it has absolutely his campaign for a seat in australia senate as you mentioned has consisted mostly of social media blitz is in virtual town hall meetings along with a mullet wig music video where the candidates recorded his own version of oz icon john farnham activism and i'm sure the voice of that you. didn't

future for the weekend leaks party that history was made the moment the party was formed to create a political process of if you like an activist or whistle blowing group called wiki leaks organization which is itself a publishing when. it insulted the triumph of the moment it was for self it was a transfer moment people started to join a volunteer started coming together to. some to come out with some presence on the ground that in itself is making history it will continue membership numbers are growing started this year and i actually do see it developing a more formal political structure of course. the australian electoral commission estimates more than three million have already cast their votes opinion poll suggests a victory for tony abbott with his coalition expected to gain anywhere from twenty two to thirty two seats pushing out kevin andrews the labor party will keep you posted on what happens. by coming up on i t as new ed was snowden disclosures as show how even encrypted data isn't safe from the n.s.a. spy system spying ways commission on privacy rules us says she wants to tackle the snooping through blog widen the walls will tell you more about what

that history was made the moment the party was formed to create a sort of a political process of if you like a hack to distort whistleblowing group called wiki leaks organization which is sort of publishing. in itself a triumph of the moment was for self it was a triumph of people started to join it and volunteers started coming together to. polling booths to come out with some presence on the ground that in itself is making history it will continue membership numbers are growing started this year and i actually do see it developing a more formal political structure of course these are early days yet. more than fourteen million people expected to vote in the election last minute polls predict tony abbott's liberal national coalition would win fifty four percent of the national rate compared to forty six percent with kevin rudd labor will keep you posted on what happened. coming up on r. and t. as new edward snowden disclosures a show how even the encrypted data isn't safe from the n.s.a. spying is commission on privacy rules it says she wants to tackle the snooping through block wide one so we tell you more about what she had to say just after the

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