Julian Assange's wife, Stella, visited Australia's Parliament House on Thursday 27 June to thank lawmakers after the WikiLeaks founder was freed this week.On Mr Assange’s first full day back in Australia, his wife and legal counsel again thanked those parliamentarians – especially the prime minister – and supporters in Australia and worldwide whose 14-year campaign resulted in his release. The 52-year-old's freedom followed a court appearance where he pleaded guilty to one charge of espionage and was sentenced to time already served.Speaking on Thursday, Ms Assange said she was "eternally grateful" to everyone who made her husband's release possible.
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00:00I'm eternally grateful to everyone who has made this possible.
00:10In this building, the group of friends from across the political spectrum who came together
00:19on this issue, I think it's quite unique that it got people together from all sides to work
00:26towards Julian's freedom and to keep it at the top of the agenda for years now.
00:33And the results we see today, we see last night, I think the whole world celebrated with us.
00:44It was us meeting on the tarmac, but it was the entire world who was celebrating.
00:56Julian plans to swim in the ocean every day, he plans to sleep in a real bed, he plans
01:08to taste real food, and he plans to enjoy his freedom.
01:14Julian is the most principled man I know and he will always defend human rights and speak
01:24out against injustice and he can choose how he does that because he is a free man.