A Victorian councillor in the city of Bendigo believes Australians should support those who speak up against oppressive regimes—such as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under which millions of Chinese people don’t enjoy freedom of expression. At a rally held in the centre of Bendigo on April 10, Councillor Vaughan Williams said that Falun Dafa practitioners’ efforts to raise awareness about the widespread human rights abuses in communist China were important for Australians to take note of, especially in his town of Bendigo where a vibrant Chinese community abounds. “I’m not a big fan of the CCP, and that’s why I’m here today—to lend my support to the Chinese people living in Australia,” Williams told The Epoch Times. “Everybody should have freedoms. Freedom of religion, freedom to practice, free speech. That’s why they’re here—they’re here for freedom,” he said of the Falun Gong practitioners who were visiting from Melbourne to …