AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among the MPs that today passed a motion that demanded the United States and Britain allow jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to his native Australia.

Andrew Wilkie, an independent MP called the 86 to 42 vote in favour of the motion “an unprecedented show of political support for Mr Assange by the Australian parliament.”

Right-wing Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton joined with opposition MPs to oppose the motion, although the Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer crossed the floor to back the motion.