A woman has been charged following an unauthorised protest in the Hunter Valley yesterday.
Just after 8am police were called to the rail corridor at Branxton following reports a woman had allegedly entered the area and was obstructing trains.
Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District, with assistance from Police Rescue, attended the site and arrested a 24-year-old.
She was taken to Singleton Police Station and charged with multiple offences including cause obstruction to railway locomotive, enter enclosed non-agricultural lands, attempt to cause train or tram in motion to be stopped and interfere with equipment.
She was refused bail to front Newcastle Local Court today.