WEBVTT WE ARE LIVE AT THE STATE CAPITAL. KATH IT CERTAINLY WAS SHOCKING TO SEE THOSE IMAGES IN YOUR PIECE OR YOU MENTION THAT IS WAS THE MUSLIM PROTESTER OF EVER COVERE, SO WALK US THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED? ONE IN SYDNEY BUT IF THE VIOLENCE? >> MY PHOTOGRAPHER AND I WERE ACTUALLY ACROSS THE STREET OVER YARNELL STREET AND WE WANTED TO CROSS THE CAPITAL TO S GET A MORE BETTER LAY OF THE LAND AND ALSO TO TALK TO SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE THE ORIGINAL PERMIT HOLDERS HERE BUT AS SOON AS WE CROSSED THE STREET, THIS GRO DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO CONFRONT US IN SO WHAT HAPPENE WAS THEY SAY, YOU CANNOT BE HERE AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAD A SKATEBOARD AND PUSHED INTO MY STOMACH AND I SAID THAT IS NOT OK YOU CANNOT DO THAT THE NEXT THING I KNEW I HAD 5-6 DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON THE RUNNING ALL DRESSED IN BLACK WITH THEIR FACES IS SHIELDED AND THEY STARTED ASSAULTING THE, HITTING ME TO THE GROUND, TAKING MY IPHONE AND MY NOTEPAD, AND KNOCKING ME DOWN TO THE GROUND. THEN THEY TOOK THE MICROPHONE, THE CHANNEL THREE MICROPHONE -- I QUICKLY RETRIEVED THAT AND GOT OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE THAT IS HOW IT ALL STARTED AND IT WAS REALLY A TOTALLY UNPROVOKED ATTACK. ROB: AS THIS I GOOD WE SAW A RIOT POLICE BEHIND YOU DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU, WHERE YOU'RE EVER CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY AT ANY POINT? REPORTER: IT GOT LITTLE DICEY I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HER PROTEST BEFORE IT COVERED MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS BUT THIS WAS THE ONE I WAS THE MOST VIOLENT I NEVER HAVE BEEN REALLY PERSONALLY ATTACKED TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WAS AT A BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE WERE THERE TO DO OUR JOB WE HAD A JOB TO DO WHICH WAS TO DOCUMENT THIS IMPORTANT EVENT OF THE CAPITAL AND SHOW PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON WE WERE NOT ROB: GOING TO LET ANYTHING DU JOUR US FROM DOING THAT. RO YOU CERTAINLY DO THAT, MY,