Entitled moment Anthony Albanese says ‘I am the prime minister’ moments before clash with domestic violence rally organiser that left her in tears

Astonishing video has emerged of the moment Anthony Albanese told a domestic violence rally organiser, ‘I am the Prime Minister,’ before she burst into tears. 

The Prime Minister’s ‘entitled’ act was caught on camera at a rally held in front of Parliament House in Canberra on Sunday.

The footage aired by ABC’s Afternoon Briefings program showed the visibly irritated Labor leader asking rally organiser Sarah Williams, ‘Do you want me to speak or not?’ just moments before he addressed attendees in a fiery speech.

Mr Albanese appeared to shrug his shoulders during the tense exchange with Ms Williams, who had asked the crowd whether they wanted him to speak.

He could be heard saying, ‘I’m the Prime Minister!’ 

There are unverified reports that he then said, ‘I run this country’.

After he appeared to utter the terse words, he started speaking to the crowd after Ms Williams handed him the microphone.

Federal Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth also attended the rally and stood next to Mr Albanese as he addressed the crowd.

Mr Albanese spoke after Ms Williams told the crowd they had invited him to make comments at the rally but ‘we didn’t get any’, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

He was recorded by television cameras saying, ‘No you haven’t,’ before he took the microphone in an attempt to set the record straight.

‘[We] were told that wasn’t possible and that’s fine. I respect the organisers’ right to do that,’ he told the crowd as they booed and heckled him.

‘We did ask to speak, myself and Katy [Gallagher], and we were told that’s not possible.

‘And that’s fine, we respect the organisers’ right to do that.’

The allegation prompted Ms Williams to say, ‘That’s a lie, that’s a full-out lie,’ and then burst into tears.

The rally was held by What Were You Wearing Australia, an organisation campaigning against domestic and sexual violence.

Mr Albanese refused to answer whether or not the words ‘I’m the Prime Minister, I run this country’ came out of his mouth when he was grilled over his comments on breakfast television on Monday morning.

Sunrise presenter Nat Barr asked the PM whether he uttered the words, which prompted the Mr Albanese to deflect from answering the pointed question.

‘Well, Nat, people, including Channel Seven, were there for the recording of everything that went on. So you were all there,’ he said.

‘So, the media were all around. They heard everything that was said there. The issue here is that every four days on average a woman dies at the hands of their partner.’

When pressed further by Barr’s co-presenter Matt Shirvington about whether he regretted making the comments, Mr Albanese referred back to the seriousness of domestic violence incidents. 

‘Well, you’ve got the footage. There were television cameras and mics all around yesterday. And this should not be a distraction from what is a very serious issue indeed,’ he said. 

Ms Williams doubled down on her comments and took to Instagram on Sunday, to state that Mr Albanese told organisers he did not want to speak at the rally.

‘The Prime Minister of this country lied to his country today,’ she wrote. 

‘Albanese’s office made it clear he was just walking and was not interested in speaking. Myself and WWYW (What Were Your Wearing Australia) never denied him from speaking. He never asked to speak’.

Williams appeared on several television programs on Monday and also took to social media to claim she overheard Mr Albanese say, ‘I’m the prime minister. I run this country.’

Ms Gallagher told ABC RN breakfast on Monday that there was no formal invitation extended to government to speak at the rally but said she wanted to speak. 

‘It was a rally in my home town and I thought that was appropriate but there was some concerns about the five key asks that were being sought at that rally and a commitment they were seeking from us,’ she said. 

These were to declare domestic violence a national emergency, to block the media from publishing images of victims for 48 hours, mandatory victim blaming prevention training, alternative reporting options for victims, and increased funding. 

Ms Williams said she is yet to receive an  apology from Mr Albanese or Ms Gallagher for causing her distress at the rally.

She wants to to see more consultation between the government and activist groups on what was needed to address domestic violence.

‘If he does think I’ve done a good job, why hasn’t he reached out, why aren’t we meeting soon, why am I not meeting with an advisor?’ Ms Williams said.

‘It would be nice to have a response from him to actually figure out what happened, to see if we could make change, because the priority is to resolve violence against women.’

Daily Mail Australia contacted Mr Albanese for further comment.