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Victorian premier backs government’s decision not to undertake another royal commission into gender-based violence. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDai Le says funding for domestic violence prevention more important than a royal commissionAsked about social media platform Twitter and Elon Musk’s claims that efforts to ensure a video of a stabbing of an Assyrian priest be taken down globally would constitute a threat to “free speech”, Dai Le says supports the government’s effort but has concerns about potential overreach:Honestly, how can we not stop images of violence?What I think government needs to do is to get the funding and target that to communities. Communities are experiencing high domestic violence. Getting it implemented … ,making sure that we don’t alienate one group from another [is important].It’s just not something people can take. It is very emotional for people and me as a person who escaped Vietnam and being a child who ran from the war, it’s very traumatic for me and very traumatic for people in my community.I think that everybody, from my understanding, would like a two-state solution. Continue reading...

Victorian premier backs government’s decision not to undertake another royal commission into gender-based violence. Follow the day’s news live
Dai Le says funding for domestic violence prevention more important than a royal commission
Asked about social media platform Twitter and Elon Musk’s claims that efforts to ensure a video of a stabbing of an Assyrian priest be taken down globally would constitute a threat to “free speech”, Dai Le says supports the government’s effort but has concerns about potential overreach:
Honestly, how can we not stop images of violence?
What I think government needs to do is to get the funding and target that to communities. Communities are experiencing high domestic violence. Getting it implemented … ,making sure that we don’t alienate one group from another [is important].
It’s just not something people can take. It is very emotional for people and me as a person who escaped Vietnam and being a child who ran from the war, it’s very traumatic for me and very traumatic for people in my community.
I think that everybody, from my understanding, would like a two-state solution. Continue reading...