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WA Premier Mark McGowan rejects union call for mandatory sentencing over police car rammings

The driver of a stolen car attempts to ram a police vehicle during a chase in Kununurra. (Supplied)

Western Australia's premier is resisting calls from the state's police union to strengthen penalties for offenders who attempt to ram police cars.

The WA Police Union called for the state government to beef up its laws after a spate of incidents in the state's north, and a ramming in Lake Clifton that left a first class constable with a broken neck.

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