Nine adults will face court following an unauthorised protest near Newcastle.
About 10am today (Wednesday 25 September 2024), police were called to a rail corridor near Maitland Road, Sandgate after reports of an unauthorised protest.
Officers attached to Newcastle City Police District attended and arrested four men – aged 24, 48, 60 and 69 – and five women – aged 18, 20, 23, 42 and 66.
They were taken to Newcastle Police Station and were all charged with cause obstruction to railway locomotive or rolling stock, enter enclosed non-agricultural lands with a serious safety risk, and enter enclosed land not prescribed premises without a lawful excuse.
All nine were refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court on Thursday 26 September 2024.