Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo
Activists and a Greens MP are threatening legal action against the Western Australian government over a police-enforced security zone around a weapons expo in Perth. The legislation allows police to ban individuals from the area, a power critics argue is being used to suppress peaceful protest.
Why it matters
This case raises significant questions about the balance between national security, public order, and the right to protest in democratic societies.
WA Greens legislative council member Sophie McNeill says protest laws target peaceful activists. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP WA Greens legislative council member Sophie McNeill says protest laws target peaceful activists. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP Australian police and policing Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo Under new WA laws anyone who defies an exclusion order could face a maximum $36,000 fine and three years in prison
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Prefer the Guardian on Google Activists and a Greens MP have threatened legal action after the Western Australia police banned at least 12 people entering a designated security area where the Land Forces weapons expo will be held in Perth from 6 October.
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