"So we saw with Anthony Albanese on Sunday, when he went into self-justification mode addressing a rally at Parliament House protesting over the epidemic of violence against women. He reminded the crowd he had shown up at a previous rally of the same nature – the March 4 Justice protest in 2021.Then he said: “To be clear, we did ask to speak, myself and Katy [Gallagher, Minister for Women], and were told that wasn’t possible, and that’s fine. I respect the organiser’s right to do that.
"Albanese dismisses claims he lied about speaking arrangements at violence against women rally.
"The Prime Minister has dismissed claims from organisers of a violence against women rally that he lied about speaking arrangements at the protest in Canberra.standing behind him, rally organiser Sarah Williams shook her head and said: “That’s a lie. That’s a full-out lie.”
She proceeded to become visibly upset. The prime minister looked baffled but plugged on with his speech, ignoring her distress.
It was captured, as everything is now, on the smartphones of those present.
"On Monday, Williams doubled down on her accusation, posting on social media that the prime minister abused his power, was aggressive and “demonstrated his entitlement”.
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So who wants to back Albanese's behaviour today? Should women be afraid of having him attend their rallies in the future?
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-s-big-test-as-leader-is-responding-to-women-s-anger-so-far-it-s-a-bad-look-20240429-p5fnck.html
