A family with young children were in their Pottsville home when a trio of assailants including one bearing a machete broke in last month, police said.
Three people with face coverings including one armed with a machete allegedly forced their way in and assaulted the occupants.
Police said they later arrested and charged one of the accused with aggravated breaking and entering whilst in company and committing a serious indictable offence.
A 26-year-old Pottsville man was bail refused and to next appear at the Tweed Heads Local court on 13 February.
Investigations were continuing to identify the other two offenders, police said.
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