Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas  leaves Bankstown Local Court today.
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A former Greens candidate whose protest arrest ended with police allegedly causing a serious eye injury has had the charges against her dropped.

But all three charges against the lawyer were withdrawn and dismissed at Bankstown Local Court today.

Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas  leaves Bankstown Local Court today.
Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas leaves Bankstown Local Court today. (Sitthixay Ditthavong)

“The director has directed no further proceedings,” the prosecution said.

The 35-year-old was among five people arrested as they rallied outside SEC Plating, an Australian firm reportedly linked to the manufacture of components for US fighter jets used by the Israeli Defence Forces, which the company has denied.

The other four – Zachary Schofield, 26, Shane Reside, 41, Brandon Eid, 24, and Holly Zhang, 29 – all pleaded not guilty in July to various charges relating to the protest and their arrests.

Those cases remain ongoing.

Former Greens candidate for Grayndler Hannah Thomas at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
Former Greens candidate for Grayndler Hannah Thomas at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday, August 27. (AAP)

Thomas will seek legal costs for the proceedings, her lawyer Peter O’Brien said.

The arrests are subject to an internal NSW Police review, with external oversight by the police watchdog.

Thomas suffered an eye injury that required surgery.

A civil suit on behalf of Thomas against the state has also been flagged over a number of allegations, including assault and battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, misfeasance in public office and collateral abuse of process.

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Brett McFadden previously said he didn’t observe any misconduct in officers’ body-worn camera footage of the incident.

Thomas had challenged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his inner-western Sydney seat of Grayndler at the federal election in May.

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