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\nAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been egged by a protester while campaigning ahead of the nation\u2019s general election.
\nThe egg grazed Mr Morrison\u2019s head but did not break, local media said. The incident also knocked an elderly woman to the ground.
\nFootage showed a 25-year-old woman being restrained at the scene. Police later said she had been arrested.
\nMr Morrison described the egg thrower as \u201ccowardly\u201d.
\nThe incident happened at a Country Women\u2019s Association event in Albury, about 330km (200 miles) south-east of Canberra. No-one was injured.
\nMorrison later praised his security staff for intervening quickly and expressed concern for the elderly woman, identified in media reports as Margaret Baxter.
\nFarmers in Australia have faced protests by vegan activists in recent times. Police did not immediately speculate on a motive for Tuesday\u2019s incident, nor whether it was suspected of being linked to other protests.
\nBaxter told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that she had recently had stomach surgery, but did not feel pain after the fall. \u201cMy main concern was holding my stomach to make sure it didn\u2019t get hit,\u201d she said.
\nMr Morrison is not the first Australian politician to be targeted by an egg-wielding protester this year.
\nIn March, far-right Senator Fraser Anning was egged after making heavily criticised comments about the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand.
\nA 17-year-old boy was later cautioned by police over Mr Anning\u2019s egging.
\nAustralians are due to vote in a general election on 18 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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