Not impressed: Natalie Barr unleashes at climate change protester blocking peak hour traffic for the second morning in a row
- Protester caused traffic jam in Brisbane on Tuesday
- Darsh Rasborsek has been arrested for the stunt
Sunrise host Natalie Barr has unleashed on a climate change protester who blocked traffic in Brisbane as activists caused chaos for the second day in a row.
Darsh Rasborsek, who livestreamed his protest on Blockade Australia’s Facebook page on Tuesday morning, suspended himself over the Port of Brisbane Motorway from a tripod made of large poles.
Footage shows Mr Rasborsek dangling from the tripod, blocking the road for cars heading eastbound as they were forced to queue up for kilometres behind him.
‘The climate protesters are trying to tell everyone climate change exists, obviously an important topic, maybe not right now though in the middle of Tuesday’s peak hour,’ Barr said on Tuesday morning.
‘It’s amazing how much trouble one person can cause.’
Co-host Matt Shirvington said, for many commuters, the protest would mean their ‘day is ruined’.
Sunrise host Natalie Barr has unleashed on a climate change protester blocking traffic in Brisbane for the second day in a row
![The protester is blocking off the Port of Brisbane Road by suspending himself off a large pole, with eastbound lanes impacted](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/06/20/00/72308763-12212227-The_protester_is_blocking_off_the_Port_of_Brisbane_Road_by_suspe-a-1_1687217401799.jpg)
The protester is blocking off the Port of Brisbane Road by suspending himself off a large pole, with eastbound lanes impacted
Mr Rasborsek, who started his protest about 6.30am on Tuesday, has since been brought down by police but those on their way to work have been delayed by hours.
Police arrested Mr Rasborsek just before 8am.
‘I’m up here, nine metres high, traffic blocked behind me, they can’t use the port which is part of the economic and political system that is destroying this country,’ he said on the livestream.
‘I’m joining the fight to stop the colonial project that has devastated this planet and devastated communities all around the world.
‘State organisation is what has f***ed this planet up. People thinking you have to go to pay your taxes to the government and get permission to do everything.’
![The protester, Darsh Rasborsek, who lived-streamed himself on Blockade Australia's Facebook page, blocked off the Port of Brisbane Motorway by suspending himself off a large pole](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/06/19/23/72309273-12212227-The_protester_Darsh_Rasborsek_who_lived_streamed_himself_on_Bloc-m-5_1687214445834.jpg)
The protester, Darsh Rasborsek, who lived-streamed himself on Blockade Australia’s Facebook page, blocked off the Port of Brisbane Motorway by suspending himself off a large pole
Meanwhile another Blockade Australia member has pulled off a similar stunt at the Port of Melbourne on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old, known as Munro, filmed himself hoisted above traffic with police called to the scene.
‘This port is directly contributing to the climate and ecological collapse. When you realise the truth, that we are in such a desperate situation, then you need to come to grips with it and do something about it,’ he said.
Tuesday’s protests are a repeat of Monday when Blockade Australia activists blocked a rail bridge at the Port of Newcastle, with similar disruption at the Port of Brisbane and the Port of Melbourne.
Trains carrying coal were prevented from crossing the rail bridge at the Port of Newcastle due to the woman’s protest.
Blockade Australia said the protest at the Kooragang island terminals at Newcastle was ‘blocking all trains at the most significant economic bottleneck of the coal industry in the world.’
The protester at the Port of Newcastle was arrested and charged with cause obstruction to railway locomotive and enter enclosed lands give rise to serious risk to safety.
![The protester](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/06/20/00/72274583-12212227-The_protester-a-7_1687216512388.jpg)
![The railbridge](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/06/20/00/72274587-12212227-The_railbridge-a-6_1687216512385.jpg)
A Blockade Australia protester stopped coal trains at the Port of Newcastle by dangling from a rail bridge (pictured) on Monday
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