Street poll: Is Julian Assange a hero or a villain?
Julian Assange is the founder of Wikileaks, a website that provides an anonymous way for independent sources around the world to leak information to journalists.
After Wikileaks’ release of 250,000 US diplomatic cables late last year, including much controversial and embarrassing information on American diplomatic opinions of other countries’ leaders, former U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Assange should be hunted down like Osama Bin Laden.
We went to Brisbane’s CBD to find out what people think – is Assange a hero or a villian?