Politics / Western Australia

WA police ban 'excluded persons' from protesting at defence expo

ABC News Courtney Withers

1 Oct 2026 19:38 AEST Summary

Politics State and Territory Parliament Government and Politics Crime Activism

From the report

At least a handful of people have already been banned from protesting at a defence conference next week in Perth.

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ABC News WA police ban 'excluded persons' from protesting at defence expo plain
WAtoday Climate activists banned from entering police ‘fort’ around Perth defence expo plain

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How it is written

Niral Score 7.7 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, political diction and 2 more and 4 at zero

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Sentiment -0.2 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 A story about politics, written without coded language Sourcing 78 unattributednamed sources Mood 40.2 sorrowjoyful

4 read zero: generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Outlet	Niral Score
ABC Newsas they published this story	7.7

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WAtoday Climate activists banned from entering police ‘fort’ around Perth defence expo Niral 2 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Climate activists banned from entering police ‘fort’ around Perth defence expo Niral 2 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times Climate activists banned from entering police ‘fort’ around Perth defence expo Niral 2 · calm political 0 The Age Climate activists banned from entering police ‘fort’ around Perth defence expo Niral 2 · calm political 0