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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said on Friday that WikiLeaks did not commit any criminal offense in the country by releasing secret documents. Talk to media in Sydney, she said that we have received the advice and the advice is that there had been no breaches of Australian law. Gillard has been criticized by WikiLeaks supporters and some members of her Labor government for subjecting prejudice on Assange in any future criminal case. Assange was released on bail in Britain on Thursday while he awaits a possible extradition to Sweden where he was charged for sex crimes.WikiLeaks has provoked fury in Washington with its publications of secret U.S. cables and vows to make public the 250,000 embassy documents it had obtained. The cables include details of overseas installations that Washington regards as vital to national security.Answering a question Gillard said that she did not receive any advice about changing the laws to deal with similar leaks in the future.
