<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A graffiti artist has been arrested at a live press conference with </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span>'s transport minister today, amid a standoff between Queensland Rail and transport </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/unions" rel="" target="" title="unions"><span>unions</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Brent Mickelberg was speaking to media at South Brisbane Station today to announce reduced </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/trains" rel="" target="" title="rail services"><span>rail services</span></a><span> when a man began spray-painting on a wall behind him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It appears the man was intending to write the word 'QRUPT', which he was heard repeating as he was removed from the area by railway squad officers.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/caboolture-brisbane-woodford-woman-dead-man-in-custody-stolen-car-crash/e5f54ca0-f80a-4844-8aad-b69d79691791" rel="" target="" title="Woman dead, school forced into lockdown after stolen car crashes north of Brisbane"><strong><span>Woman dead, school forced into lockdown after stolen car crashes north of Brisbane</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Q-rupt, Q-rupt, Q-R-U-P-T, Q-rupt," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Almost 300 services across the Queensland Rail network have been affected as wage negotiations with transport unions including the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) have stalled.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I want to acknowledge the frustration that commuters are feeling," Mickelberg said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/graffiti-artist-arrested-at-rail-tranport-press-conference-in-south-brisbane-queensland-news/28a628c8-69b4-4b9d-b5f0-99c58ff2c681" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm frustrated too, the government is frustrated as we work through these enterprise bargaining negotiations with unions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Maintenance has not been done directly as a consequence of union industrial action over a number of weeks and we simply don't have the rail rolling stock available to be able to operate the services that we need."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>INTEREST RATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/rba-interest-rates-live-updates-may-2026-decision-latest-news-headlines/712337f5-b510-4280-9a17-a45d7826e847"><strong><span>Reserve Bank gives the news no mortgage-holder wants</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Micklberg said there were enough trains to run a "customer-optimised timetable".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The unions are very good at downplaying their actions by saying things like we're undertaking partial work bans or paperwork bans.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They've also not been maintaining the trains, and that's why we are where we are."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The RBTU has previously insisted its rolling strike action would be "measured and deliberate".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Fair Work Commission has called for an emergency meeting on Thursday to break the deadlock.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have confirmed a 30-year-old Herston man has been charged with one count each of wilful damage by graffiti, commit public nuisance, and possess graffiti instrument.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He will face court on May 13.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 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