Anthony Albanese is booed during fiery speech at violence against women rally – as organiser accuses him of ‘aggressively abusing his power’ [Video]

06:05 EDT 28 Apr 2024, updated 07:28 EDT 28 Apr 2024

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed while delivering a fiery speech at a rally in Canberra protesting violence against women.

Organiser Sarah Williamns later slammed Mr Albanese on social media, accusing him of entitlement in a scathing post.

‘Albanese abusing his power by aggressively stating when I asked the crowd if we should let him speak, “I’m the prime minister of this country, I run this country” demonstrated his entitlement,’ she wrote.

Video of the event shows Ms Williams telling Mr Albanese ‘that’s a lie, that’s a flat-out lie’ after he claimed he had earlier requested to speak.

‘For him to not only demand he speak because he was being heckled, but lie was disgraceful,’ she wrote later.

‘He demonstrated today what entitlement looks like. A man with power trying to diminish a vulnerable young woman.’ 

In his speech Mr Albanese demanded widespread change to all levels of Australian society …