NSW Acting Premier Paul Toole wants two German nationals deported for holding climate protests which blocked peak-hour traffic.
For the second day in a row, a climate protester blocked traffic accessing an industrial hub in Sydney's south as he dangled from a rope in the middle of a bridge.
At 7.50am this morning, emergency services were called to abseil to the man, dressed in all black, wearing a face-covering and a helmet.
He was suspended from a pole in the middle of Sirius Road, which cuts across the Botany Bay foreshore to the port.
The protest caused significant traffic delays around Sydney Airport and ports area, with a number of road closures and traffic diversions.
Police arrested a 23-year old man and took him to Maroubra Police Station.
Mr Toole said the man had been denied bail.
On Tuesday morning, the man's brother was charged after allegedly attaching himself to a 10-metre pole just a five-minute drive down the road on Bumborah Point Road.
He was later charged at Maroubra Police Station with obstructing a driver's path and not obeying the direction of police or an authorised person.
He was granted conditional bail to appear before Waverley Local Court on Wednesday, April 20.
Mr Toole said the two men were German students and that he had made moves to have them deported.
"I want them deported," Mr Toole said.
"They have no place here in New South Wales to be hosting these protests."
Climate activists staged a third protest at Port Botany on Wednesday evening, using two trucks to block access to the terminal.
Police arrested two female protesters and moved both trucks to allow traffic to pass.
Climate action protest group Blockade Australia claimed responsibility for the two earlier demonstrations. They live streamed the demonstration on social media.
The group said the protests are intended to cause "mass disruption that cannot be ignored" and another protest was planned to block CBD streets in June.
