Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday said his country was providing assistance to Julian Assange following the news that the Wikileaks founder agreed to plead guilty in a deal with the US and that he has left the UK. “The government is certainly aware that Australian citizen Mr Julian Assange has legal proceedings scheduled in the United States,” Albanese told Australia’s parliament during Question Time, calling the news a “welcomed development.” According to court documents filed on Monday, Assange was set to plead guilty to one charge of conspiring to obtain and disclose cla…