ABC appears set to ignore WA Police order over climate change protest

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The ABC has indicated it will reject a Western Australia Police order demanding the broadcaster hand over footage of a climate change protest gone wrong outside the Perth home of Woodside CEO Meg O'Neill.

The broadcaster came under the spotlight after its Four Corners crew filmed Disrupt Burrup Hub activists attempting to enter the home of O’Neill in Perth in August.

ABC crew on the driveway of Woodside Chief Executive Meg O'Neill in Perth during an attempted raid by climate activists. Picture: Supplied “Journalism has a long and storied history of resisting legal compulsion when it is against the public interest. We demand immediate assurances that the ABC executive will not hand the vision to WA Police.”

The ABC has announced it will not comply with a Western Australia Police order demanding the broadcaster hand over footage of a climate change protest gone wrong in Perth. Picture: AAP Image/Joel Carrett "If Four Corners knew about these events in advance, it's actually really irresponsible and pretty disgraceful behaviour that they didn't notify the police," Mr Papalia said.

 

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