{"id":107681,"date":"2024-08-14T13:09:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T03:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=107681"},"modified":"2024-08-14T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T03:09:11","slug":"melbourne-prepares-for-mass-protests-over-land-forces-exposition-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=107681","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne prepares for mass protests over Land Forces Exposition event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police are preparing to pull officers from around the state to respond to a protest planned for next month, where 25,000 people are expected to take part in an anti-war demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blockade is expected to take place outside the military fair Land Forces Exposition at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre, which runs from September 11-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police have said it is set to be their largest operation since the three-day protests against the World Economic Forum in 2000<\/a>, which turned violent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there is no evidence of specific threat, hundreds of regional police will travel to Melbourne for the event to help provide an \u201cagile response to any incidents\u201d that arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police have said it is set to be their largest operation since the three-day protests against the World Economic Forum in 2000, which turned violent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":107684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6822],"tags":[993,9034,12563,12564,8],"class_list":["post-107681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-melbourne-events","tag-melbourne","tag-network-ten","tag-richard-marles","tag-shane-patton","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t