Overnight, WA Police have been given extraordinary new powers to exclude people from five major parts of Perth, Fremantle, and Mandurah for up to six months for anti-social and threatening behaviour.
An amendment to the Liquor Control Act, which passed WA parliament, last month has come into effect, establishing five Protected Entertainment Precincts (PEPs).
The abbreviation was designed to honour Giuseppe "Pep" Raco, a nightclub manager who was killed in an unprovoked one-punch attack in Northbridge in 2020.
