Thursday the 22nd of August marked my first personal encounter with the world’s most infamous enigma, Julian Assange – if you can call seeing him speak via video-link a ‘personal encounter’. RMIT University and The Melbourne Globalist hosted a live, interactive video-link conference in RMIT’s Building 80 with the enigmatic political asylum seeker. Attendees had the opportunity to pre-submit questions to Left Right Think-Tank for consideration, and questions with enough merit were asked during the conference. I chose to submit a question regarding the potential conflict of interest I thought may arise if Assange were elected to the senate. Most would argue that some level of secrecy is necessary at a government level. WikiLeaks, however, strives for government transparency and accountability. If Assange is elected to the Senate, and,…