一名绿党工作人员因被禁止参加在珀斯举行的“陆军装备展”，现将能够参加周二的一场抗议活动，从而获准进入活动区域。22岁的玛蒂尔达·莱恩-罗斯因试图在前伍德赛德首席执行官梅格·奥尼尔的住宅喷涂标语，于去年被罚款2000澳元并获判缓刑。由于这一行为，警方将莱恩-罗斯列入排除名单，禁止包括她在内的十几名活动人士进入珀斯国防展（举办时间至10月10日）周边区域。
A Greens staffer who was banned from attending the Land Forces weapons expo in Perth will now be able to join a protest allowing her access to the event area on Tuesday. Matilda Lane-Rose, 22, was fined $2000 and received a suspended sentence last year for trying to spray paint messages on the home of former Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neil. Because of the the stunt, police placed Ms Lane-Rose on a list excluding about a dozen activists from entering the area surrounding the defence expo that is taking place in Perth until October 10.
在人权法律中心和SCALES社区法律中心于周五向西澳最高法院提起诉讼后，警方同意允许莱恩-罗斯为参加计划中的抗议活动而进入活动区域。若被禁活动人士在展会期间被发现在活动区域内，最高可面临三年监禁和3.6万澳元罚款。莱恩-罗斯表示：“这份排除令意味着，有过和平抗议记录的人被禁止进入公共活动和场所，以保护军工复合体的私人利益。我将继续推进此案，因为我无法接受政府限制我及其他活动人士在我们生活的城市自由行动的权利。”
Police agreed to allow Ms Lane-Rose to enter the event for the planned protest after the Human Rights Law Centre and SCALES Community Legal Centre filed proceedings in the WA Supreme Court on Friday. Banned activists face three years’ jail time and a $36,000 fine if they are caught inside the event area during the expo. “This exclusion notice has meant that people with a history of peaceful protest are banned from public events and spaces in order to protect the private interests of the military industrial complex,” Ms Lane-Rose said. “I am continuing to pursue this case because I don’t accept the government’s decision to restrict my rights and the rights of other activists to move freely in the city where we live.”
两年前，澳大利亚最大的国防工业展在墨尔本举行时爆发了混乱和暴力场面。西澳政府出台新立法，赋予警方额外权力，以在珀斯展会期间“维护社区安全”。警务部长里斯·惠特比表示，2024年墨尔本“陆军装备展”发生的暴力行为在社区中没有立足之地。
Chaotic and violent scenes erupted at Australia’s largest defence industry expo in Melbourne two years ago. The WA government introduced new legislation giving police additional powers to “keep the community safe” during the Perth event. Police Minister Reece Whitby said the violence at the Melbourne Land Forces event in 2024 had no place in the community.
“我们不希望在珀斯看到那些场景重演，这也是我们引入这些额外的、有时限的权力的原因，以确保社区、代表团和警方的安全。”
“We do not want to see those scenes repeated here in Perth, and that’s why we’ve introduced these additional, time-limited powers to keep the community, delegates and police safe.”
安保措施已为该活动加强，该活动将把来自60个国家、约1000个组织的国防和行业领袖、代表团成员及研究人员从印太地区、欧洲、亚洲和北美带到珀斯。
Security has been beefed up for the event ,which will bring defence and industry leaders, delegates and researchers from 60 nations and about 1000 organisations from Indo-Pacific, Europe, Asia, and North America to Perth.
政府将着眼于最大化AUKUS机遇，并鼓励国际和国防企业拓展至西澳大利亚州。
The government will be looking at maximising AUKUS opportunities and encouraging international and defence companies to expand into Western Australia.
“我们正在确保西澳州也能获得长期利益，通过我们在培训熟练国防和造船劳动力方面的投资，以确保我们持续为未来创造就业岗位，”罗杰·库克州长表示。
“We’re making sure WA captures the long-term benefits, too, with our investment in training a skilled defence and shipbuilding workforce to ensure we keep creating jobs for the future,” Premier Roger Cook said.
联邦政府投入120亿澳元在珀斯南部的亨德森开发国防园区，以支持AUKUS能力建设。
The federal government poured $12bn into developing a defence precinct at Henderson, in Perth’s south, to support AUKUS capabilities.
副总理理查德·马尔斯和澳大利亚首位女性陆军司令苏珊·考伊尔中将将于周三在会议上致辞。
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Australia’s first female Chief of Army Lieutenant General Susan Coyle will address the conference on Wednesday.