Rudd denies WikiLeaks info exchange claim

The foreign minister denies Australia has exchanged information about WikiLeaks employees with foreign governments.

Foreign minister Kevin Rudd denies Australia has exchanged information about WikiLeaks employees with foreign governments.

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, made the accusation when he questioned Prime Minister Julia Gillard during ABC Television's Q&A program on Monday night.

He accused her of swapping information about citizens - particularly those who work at WikiLeaks - with foreign powers.

Gillard denied the claim, a position backed by Rudd on Tuesday.

"I am not aware of seeing any such material myself," he told ABC Radio, when asked about Assange's claim.

Neither his department or the attorney-general's department were aware of any such material, Rudd said.

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