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Abe Maddison and William Ton

Sharper knife laws allow anywhere, anytime searches

The Western Australian government says its new knife laws are Australia's strictest. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Western Australians face being randomly searched anywhere in public under the nation's "strictest" knife crime laws.

Dedicated search areas featuring wanding and new walk-through metal detectors will be set up at entertainment precincts including in Northbridge-Perth, Mandurah, Scarborough, Hillarys and Joondalup under the government's "anytime, anywhere" knife laws introduced to state parliament.

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