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News live: PM says Hanson should not ‘talk Australia down’ overseas; private schools cry poor in new ad campaign

Albanese’s comments come as One Nation leader nears end of UK tour. Follow today’s news liveThe arrest unfolded in real time, behind a bank of television microphones at Perth’s busy Mirrabooka bus station. As Western Australia’s police commissioner, Col Blanch, spoke to reporters on Thursday 2 July,...

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by Stephanie Convery
News live: PM says Hanson should not ‘talk Australia down’ overseas; private schools cry poor in new ad campaign

Albanese’s comments come as One Nation leader nears end of UK tour. Follow today’s news live

The arrest unfolded in real time, behind a bank of television microphones at Perth’s busy Mirrabooka bus station. As Western Australia’s police commissioner, Col Blanch, spoke to reporters on Thursday 2 July, a camera mounted on a nearby marked police van had been quietly panning across the interchange.

It can scan hundreds of faces a minute, instantly cross-referencing their profiles against a database of about 4,000 people: those with outstanding arrest warrants, registered child sexual abuse offenders and people reported missing.

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