# Mulino dodges US execution livestream question

> Labor minister refuses to comment on whether Australia should block a firing squad execution being streamed live from the US.
- Title: Mulino dodges US execution livestream question · the Guardian
- Summary: Labor minister refuses to comment on whether Australia should block a firing squad execution being streamed live from the US. Daniel Mulino declined to say…
- Keywords: daniel mulino, sarah hanson-young, tim wilson, labor, greens, us execution, livestream, esafety, internet regulation, news, politics, Mulino
- Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/12/labor-anthony-albanese-greens-digital-duty-of-care-coalition-angus-taylor-one-nation-ntwnfb
- Published: 2026-10-11T22:25:43+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: daniel mulino, sarah hanson-young, tim wilson, labor, greens, us execution, livestream, esafety, internet regulation, news, politics
## Greens push to block execution stream
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young wrote to eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant and communications minister Anika Wells asking them to stop a US firing squad execution being livestreamed.
## Mulino refuses to take a position
Labor minister Daniel Mulino dodged the question when asked if the government would support blocking the livestream, saying he doesn't want to comment on other countries' domestic politics.
## Wilson warns of censorship risk
Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson said blocking the stream would be a challenge without creating a censorship ban on the internet, though he finds the execution enormously problematic.

> how do you do that in a way that doesn't amount to a censorship ban on the internet?
## Key takeaway

Daniel Mulino declined to say whether Labor would support the Greens' call to block a US execution livestream, citing reluctance to comment on other countries' domestic politics.