Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard yet to comment on the Ecuadorian Embassy asylum decision . ` What the Ecuadorian government has done here , in effect , is offer Julian Assange the protection the Australian Government has failed to do . '' In its decision , Ecuador cited a lack of support for Australian from his home country . Spokesman for Assange foreign minister says Assange has received consular assistance . On Twitter , many Australian are siding with Assange and calls for Ecuador to do more to help him .
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard yet to comment on the Ecuadorian Embassy asylum decision . In its decision , Ecuador cited a lack of support for Australian from his home country . Spokesman for Assange foreign minister says Assange has received consular assistance . On Twitter , many Australian are siding with Assange and calls for Ecuador to do more to help him .