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Aaron Bunch

Climate activist disobeyed cops amid fears for her job

Joana Partyka feared being fired by the Greens if she supplied access to her data, her lawyer says. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A climate activist fighting data access charges disobeyed a police order over fears she would be sacked, the Australian Greens, a court has been told.

Joana Veronika Partyka, 38, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Perth Magistrates Court to two counts of failing to obey a data access order after she declined to give West Australian police access to her mobile phone and laptop.

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