Venues in Perth which will exclude patron who commit violent crimes in the precincts will be labelled as Protected Entertainment Precincts or PEPs, an abbreviation in honour of a late nightclub manager.
Giuseppe "Pep" Raco, was killed in an unprovoked one-punch attack in Northbridge in 2020, sparking the move to create the new legislation set to be introduced next month, with the government hoping it’s in place by the end of the year.
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