Two environmental activists on Wednesday heckled Australia’s left-wing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, interrupting his speech at an event in Melbourne. [some emphasis, links added]
The incident occurred at the Future Victoria Summit, a one-day event by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Herald-Sun newspaper. Sky News Australia chief anchor Kieran Gilbert served as the event’s host.
Sky News reports Albanese had just started his speech when he was interrupted by a young man who yelled at him over gas companies.
Footage of the incident published by local outlets shows the young man holding a small sign that reads, “No new coal or gas.”
“You’re burning my future. You’re burning young people’s futures,” the young activist yelled at Albanese as he was being taken away by security.
Moments later, Albanese was interrupted a second time by a woman who stood up near a table and demanded that the prime minister legislate “to end fossil fuel.”
“No more coal and gas, no more coal and gas,” the woman yelled as she was taken out of the room. She also held a sign with the same words written on it.
According to an official transcript of Albanese’s speech, the leftist Labor Party leader began his address by “acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.”
Albanese touted some of his administration’s economic and healthcare-related policies.
He also asserted he is “determined” to be the prime minister who starts a high-speed rail project for Australia, with a first stage that would go from Newcastle to Sydney. …
The activists’ angry interruption occurred just hours after Albanese was evacuated from The Lodge, the official residence in Canberra, on Tuesday night (local time) following a bomb threat scare.
It also follows other moments where the Australian public have made clear Albanese is not welcome.
Read rest at Breitbart
