Two Australian politicians, Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen, have just visited Julian Assange in London's Belmarsh Prison.

The pair is urging the British Government to block next week's extradition proceedings by the United States, where the Wikileaks founder could face 175 years in jail for his part in publishing classified Pentagon files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Guest: Andrew Wilkie, independent MP and co-chair, Bring Julian Assange Home parliamentary group

Producer: Alison Carabine