WikiLeaks Party

political party, Australia

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The WikiLeaks Party was a political party in Australia founded by Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Assange, an Australian computer programmer and activist, was inspired by the release of the Pentagon Papers to create WikiLeaks as a platform for classified information.12

The WikiLeaks Party aimed to promote transparency, accountability, and justice. It fielded candidates in Australian Senate races in 2013 but received less than 1 percent of the national vote and failed to win any seats. The party was later deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission.2

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