A Disrupt Burrup Hub protester has been arrested after he allegedly parked a car across Mounts Bay Road and chained himself to a concrete block in the boot, causing rush-hour traffic to come to a standstill.
The stunt caused frustration as cars lined-up bumper-to-bumper for kilometres as firefighters and police tried to clear the car and the activist, who has been named by the group as Marek “Maz” Misiewicz on Monday morning.
A four-wheel-drive, which was spray-painted with the words “Disrupt Burrup Hub” has been parked across the eastbound lanes of Mounts Bay Road.
“I am blockading access to the office of federal oil and gas regulator NOPSEMA in the Perth CBD after they waved through seismic blasting, drilling and installation approvals for Woodside’s Burrup Hub late on Friday,” Mr Misiewicz said.
Firefighters began cutting through the chain at about 7.50am and within five minutes the protester was arrested and escorted into a nearby police vehicle.
The protest comes just days after another brazen stunt by four Greenpeace protesters who scaled a 140m crane outside Woodside Energy’s Perth headquarters.
The quartet were charged and the act was slammed as a “cheap stunt” and “incredibly risky”.
