‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
by Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#71Q7R)
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups
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Victoria police will have the power to conduct warrant-less pat-downs, search cars and move people on in Melbourne's CBD for six months, in a move human rights and legal groups have described as a vast overreach".
Police on Tuesday declared the CBD, Docklands, Southbank, the sporting and entertainment precinct and parts of East Melbourne and South Melbourne as a designated area" from Sunday, until 29 May 2026.
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