2015-11-24
Greens Member for South Metropolitan Lynn MacLaren MLC says the heavy police force this morning to Beeliar Wetlands was a leading cause of, rather than a response to, a spontaneous public protest today at Bibra Lake against Roe 8.
“In question time this afternoon, the Police Minister revealed that 37 police officers, along with police horses and multiple police vehicles, attended at Bibra Lake today,” Ms MacLaren said.
“Farcically, the Barnett Government is now trying to pretend that these officers were sent there in response to an anti-Roe 8 protest yet the great irony is that the heavy police presence at Bibra Lake preceded the arrival of protestors.
“In fact, it was only as a result of locals noticing the police in great numbers early this morning that a protest evolved later on.