David Koch unleashes on climate protester at Port Botany after she suspended herself above rail line
Sunrise host has unleashed on a young protester who has suspended herself over a freight rail line in Sydney, as the city is gripped by a fourth day of climate change stunts. Emma Dorge, 25, proudly filmed herself dangling over the rail line to Port Botany on Friday morning, blocking all freight trains from coming and going. Ms Dorge said she was taking action that can ' 'You won't be getting your kids to school when fires and floods and famine take over. 'I'm doing this for the children of the world who have no hope.' Koch's patience with the protester quickly ran out, with the TV presenter asking Ms Dorge if she was a 'good swimmer' in the event police cut the ropes she was hanging on and she fell into the water below. 'Alright, Emma. We got you on because we want to hear from a pest and what they looked and sounded like,' he said. 'Good luck with that. As I say, I would just snip the wires I think. It is ridiculous.' Ms Dorge was arrested just before 10am on Friday as water police and local officers worked to bring her down. Charges are expected to be laid. The 25-year-old has been involved in several protests around Australia over the years. In 2019 she was fined $1,400 for blocking traffic in Brisbane's CBD while calling for urgent action on climate change in an Extinction Rebellion demonstration. Similar protest action was seen over Port Botany on Thursday morning with one man hanging from a nine-metre pole before he was brought down by police. That demonstrator Alex, 33, said Australia was facing 'a climate catastrophe' and 'sustained action' was the only way to bring about change. 'I am taking direct action because without a halt to business as usual there will be no true change,' he said. Towards the end of a livestream filmed by the protester, a police officer can be heard telling him he is under arrest on the charge of 'trespassing'. There was a similar demonstration by the group in nearby Banksmeadow on Tuesday, with a man blocking rush hour traffic by suspending himself from a pole above a bridge. The bridge is the only access point for vehicles to enter and exit the busy Hutchinson terminal at Port Botany. It comes after Acting NSW Premier and Police Minister Paul Toole on Thursday said activists who disrupted roads and tunnels around the state could face a $22,000 fine or two years behind bars.