The 41-year-old Victorian man is facing charges of creating a disturbance at an airport and obstructing, hindering, intimidating or resisting a Commonwealth official over the incident in the T2 domestic terminal at around 6am on 13 August.
Australia’s largest airport, which has been owned by a private consortium since March of 2022, recorded $1.7 billion in revenue and an EBITDA of $1.22 billion, driven by aeronautical fees, property leases, parking fees, and shops and car rentals.
In his 2024–25 budget overview released on Tuesday, Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas said that the state government has a “huge amount of funding” tied up with the rail link project, and needs to be “realistic about the project and its timeline”.