A man has been charged following an unauthorised protest in the Hunter region this morning.
About 3.50am today (Wednesday 21 June 2023), police were called to train tracks near Branxton Railway Station, Branxton, after reports a man had suspended himself over the railway tracks.
Officers from Hunter Valley Police District attended, with assistance from Police Rescue, and the 22-year-old man was removed safely from the structure and arrested about 9.35am.
He was taken to Cessnock Police Station, where he was charged with cause obstruction to railway locomotive or rolling stock and enter enclosed non-agricultural lands serious safety risk.
The man was refused bail to appear at Cessnock Local Court today, where he was granted conditional bail and is due to appear at Singleton Local Court on Thursday 13 July 2023.