Arrested G20 protesters face court

Two protesters arrested for defying exclusion zone orders during Brisbane's G20 summit have been handed minor punishments in court.

While preparing to take part in a march during the G20 weekend in mid-November, Sarah Riannon Bailey, 20, was excluded by police for carrying an oversized banner.

In doing so, they invoked special legislation outlining a list of prohibited items including protest props of certain dimensions.

Ms Bailey left the rally but was later stopped by officers within the summit exclusion zone on Herschel Street, in the CBD.

Despite telling them she was lost, she was taken to the city watch house.

"Why is Herschel Street in the exclusion zone?" sentencing magistrate Noel Nunan asked police prosecutor Carrie Davidson on Thursday.

"I don't know your honour, I don't know what the boundaries were," Sergeant Davidson replied.

"Brilliant police preparation," the magistrate quipped.

Ms Bailey, who is on a disability pension and plans to return to university study next year, escaped with a three-month good behaviour bond and no recorded conviction.

Fellow protester Daniel Richard James Francis, who was charged with the same offence, was arrested after he was seen at South Brisbane train station in contravention of an exclusion notice on November 13.

At the time, he told police he was waiting for a friend.

Mr Francis, who has a seven-page criminal history in Queensland, failed to show up to court and in his absence was fined $300 with a conviction recorded.

A small contingent of protesters, some donning Guy Fawkes masks, gathered outside to show support for the group.

Ciaron O'Reilly, who was arrested for the same offence and had his matter adjourned until January 21, took the opportunity to again lash out at the G20.

"The G20 takes corruption to a higher level, it's about global theft and oppression of the poor," he told reporters.

Anthony Josiah Ashwood and Sophie Alyx Taylor, who were both charged with possessing a prohibited item within a security zone, had their matters adjourned until January 7.