Staying with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, who says Australia can’t dictate what videos people in other countries can view.

It comes as Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel commented on eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant’s takedown order of the graphic footage, saying he’s not opposed to them staying online.

Dutton said the supported the move to remove the video, but acknowledged it wasn’t possible to prevent it from being viewed outside Australia.

He said when the Coalition was in government they brought in legislation to remove graphic, violent videos, so they didn’t influence others.

“I’d love to say that it could be taken down so that no kid across the world could watch it, [and] we strongly support the commissioner’s position in relation to taking it down so that Australians can’t view it.

“But we can’t pretend that Australia can dictate to other countries around the world what people see within their countries. As we wouldn’t tolerate that here, that that Russia could dictate what content is seen in Australia.”

He said Australia needed to be realistic about its options.

“We can’t police the whole internet across the world, but we can influence what happens in Australian society.”

Billionaire Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, cited the bishop’s defence of free speech in his Federal Court battle. The tech mogul defied the eSafety commissioner’s order to remove the footage from the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Australia won a 24-hour injunction at the Federal Court on Monday to hide videos of the stabbing, which was extended until the final hearing on May 10.