Julian Assange to contest for Victorian Senate seat WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, currently holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, will contest September poll for the Australian Senate as the lead candidate of his newly formed WikiLeaks Party. The 41-year-old hacker-turned activist's application for electoral enrollment in the state was received by Australian Electoral Commission here, the 'The Age' reported. ...  
11:31 AM, Feb 13, 2013