Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has been charged with assault over an alleged altercation with a TV camera operator in Sydney last month.
Mr Barilaro, who retired from politics in December last year, allegedly assaulted freelancer Matt Costello and damaged his camera outside a bar in Manly on July 23.
NSW Police on Friday confirmed officers had served Mr Barilaro's lawyers with a future court attendance notice for alleged assault and malicious damage offences.
The 50-year-old former MP is due to appear before Manly Local Court on October 12.
Mr Barilaro declined to comment when contacted by ABC.
Vision of the incident was circulated through the media after being posted on social media.
Mr Barilaro was at the time subject to intense scrutiny over his appointment to a public service trade role based in New York.
The former leader of the NSW Nationals denied wrongdoing in an interview with Nine radio in the wake of the incident.
He claimed he was being harassed by media while on a night out with his friends.
Giving evidence before a parliamentary inquiry into his appointment as NSW's trade and investment commissioner to the Americas this month, Mr Barilaro said his life after politics had been a "personal hell".
The ex-Monaro MP withdrew from the trade commissioner role soon after his appointment was announced due to a public and political backlash.
