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?”