Australian Domestic Security Minister Wants Climate Protesters to Pay for Police

Australian Domestic Security Minister Wants Climate Protesters to Pay for Police
Peter Dutton at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 18, 2019. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images
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Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton wants activists to cover the costs of police responses to protests.

Dutton, who has previously called for protesters to be publicly shamed and stripped of their welfare payments, called on the states to act after a week of anti-mining demonstrations in Melbourne.