Sunday Morning In The Cafe This Week's Guest John Shipton

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John Shipton is an Australian architect and anti-war activist, best known as the biological father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Born around 1944, he met Christine Hawkins at a Vietnam War rally in 1970. Their relationship ended before or shortly after Julian’s birth in 1971; Shipton had little contact with his son until 1996, when Assange was about 25. He later raised son Gabriel Shipton in Sydney and has a daughter. Shipton has described himself as having little early inclination toward family life. Professionally he works as an architect (largely self-taught after briefly studying…