New anti-protest laws being suggested to deal with the increased disruption from protesters have been backed by Aurizon.
Senior police say that protesters attached themselves to conveyor belts, hydraulic rams, roads and bridges, often with devices that make it difficult and dangerous for them to be removed.
Aurizon executive Michael Riches says that their actions on train lines were unsafe, even though protesters made phone calls to stop the trains.
Mr Riches says “it takes up to two and a half kilometres to stop a train. They can't stop or swerve.”
The new laws would punish people who used these devices with up to two years in jail.
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