The lady in white clinging on for dear life to a security guard in this image is actually the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Riot police had to force a path for her through a crowd of angry protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia’s national day yesterday.
Poor thing even lost a shoe in the process!
Some 200 supporters of indigenous rights had surrounded a Canberra restaurant and banged its windows while Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott were inside officiating at an award ceremony. The protesters came from a demonstration for indigenous rights nearby at the so-called Aboriginal Tent Embassy, a ramshackle collection of tents and temporary shelters in the national capital that is a centre point of protests against Australia Day.
Here’s video footage of the incident below:
[Source: News24]
[imagesource:lekkeslaap] The prestigious St John's College, along with an ex-teacher, a...
[imagesource:facebook/mariana keyser] Mariana Keyser found herself in a proper pickle o...
[imagesource:FMT] Outrage And Hope As ICC Issues Warrants For Netanyahu, Gallant And Deif...
[imagesource: Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn] A woman in Thailand, dubbed 'Am Cyanide' by Thai...
[imagesource:renemagritte.org] A René Magritte painting portraying an eerily lighted s...