🗞️" I'm the Prime Minister" - Albanese's Controversial Claim Sparks Outrage

There is new video that appears to show Prime Minister Anthony Albanese getting into a heated argument with the event organiser Sarah Williams during Sunday's No More: National Rally Against Violence demonstration in Canberra.After claiming he had asked to speak at the event but was later denied, Mr. Albanese got into a lot of trouble. Williams called that a "full out lie" and broke down in tears.

That same day, Williams took to social media to claim that Mr. Albanese was "abusing his power" by asserting his "entitlement" to speak at the rally by "aggressively stating" he was the prime minister. In her statement, she asserted that Mr. Albanese had stated, "I run this country, I'm the Prime Minister."

She added that Mr Albanese "never asked to speak".

"This morning, representatives from both Gallagher's and Albanese's offices said they were sure Katy would be happy to speak. Not the Taoiseach," she said in her statement.

The precise conversation between the two is revealed in new video that was uploaded on X on Monday afternoon.

The Prime Minister declined to address Ms. Williams' accusations that he spoke at the protest using his position during media appearances on Monday morning.

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In an interview on ABC News Breakfast, when asked about the allegation made by Sarah Williams, who accused you of lying directly on social media by telling the crowd that you had asked to speak but were told by the organisers that it wasn't possible. What happened?

Mr Albanese said: "I think the important point here is that yesterday and the day before and the day before that Australians came out in their tens of thousands and said enough is enough. This is a scourge. And I agree with the comments of the people you vox-popped in Melbourne that what is important here is that we need significant change. When a woman dies at the hands of her partner or someone she knows every four days on average in Australia, that is a national crisis.

He added: "And when it comes to participation, I was very pleased to take part yesterday, as I did a couple of years ago in the rally outside Parliament House. My government has the ten-year plan, working with the state and territory governments. But clearly we need to come together to see what we can do to improve the situation because women in particular are very frustrated and they're angry. And it is understandable that they should be.

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