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Senior Victorian police have defended their tactics, including pushing a journalist, during demonstrations outside a mining conference in Melbourne, saying officers were not "heavy handed" in the face of "more violent" protesters. Scuffles broke out between officers and demonstrators outside the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC), as about 300 climate activists tried to blockade the event. Police arrested 17 people on Wednesday and used horses and pepper spray to break up the climate activists, who had massed at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre for the third day in a row. Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-3... For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY If you're in Australia, you can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2mge4KH Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 You can also like us on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Or follow us on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Or even on Twitter:   / abcnews