Residents were left surprised after seeing WA police carrying weapons while patrolling a suburban shopping centre over the weekend.

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6PR Mornings host Simon Beaumont put the question to Senator Jonno Duniam, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, asking if this represents WA’s new normal.

The Senator explained: “Law enforcement agencies, police and intelligence agencies, they all have sadly access to information that sometimes points to these things being necessary for our own protection, which is a very, very alarming state of affairs to be in,” he said.

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