https://johnmenadue.com/going-to-the-mountain-for-assange/

This situation is one of politics, not of law. If the extradition request is approved, Australians will witness the deportation of one of our citizens from one AUKUS partner to another – our closest strategic ally – with Assange facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison. The case represents an important test of our relationship with the US, and of our government’s ability to advocate on behalf of its citizens with our allies. The Parliamentary delegation will speak to our US peers regarding our respect for their First Amendment right of free press and free speech. We will echo the words of their own former President Thomas Jefferson; we will do our very best to convince the US Government that “our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost”.