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An egg was splattered on the head of Australian Senator [[Fraser Anning]] less than a day after his [[islamaphobia|islamphobic]] response to the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]].<ref name=":0" /> |
An egg was splattered on the head of Australian Senator [[Fraser Anning]] less than a day after his [[islamaphobia|islamphobic]] response to the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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The egg was thrown by 17 year old William Connolly, later dubbed "Eggboy" on social media, whilst he was simultaneously filming the action on a mobile phone. Fraser Anning in response punched William Connolly in the face. Despite this Connolly was unfazed by the provocation and continued to film the incident until Anning attempted a second punch. |
The egg was thrown by 17 year old William Connolly, later dubbed "Eggboy" on social media, whilst he was simultaneously filming the action on a mobile phone. Fraser Anning in response punched William Connolly in the face. Despite this Connolly was unfazed by the provocation and continued to film the incident until Anning attempted a second punch. A petition had been set up by a community church which called for the removal of Fraser Anning from the parliament. The petition can be found here http://chng.it/Kpvz2cgJ6J |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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Revision as of 13:30, 16 March 2019
| Egg Throwing Incident (2019) | |
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| Information board about the incident, 2015 Exact moment of the 2019 Egg Throwing Incident taking place. | |
| Date | 16 March 2019 |
| Location | Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia |
| Caused by | Islamophobia |
| Methods | Civil disobedience |
The Egg Throwing Incident (2019) occurred on 16 March 2019 in Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia.[1]
An egg was splattered on the head of Australian Senator Fraser Anning less than a day after his islamphobic response to the Christchurch mosque shootings.[1]
The egg was thrown by 17 year old William Connolly, later dubbed "Eggboy" on social media, whilst he was simultaneously filming the action on a mobile phone. Fraser Anning in response punched William Connolly in the face. Despite this Connolly was unfazed by the provocation and continued to film the incident until Anning attempted a second punch. A petition had been set up by a community church which called for the removal of Fraser Anning from the parliament. The petition can be found here http://chng.it/Kpvz2cgJ6J
Background
On 15 March 2019, Immediately after the events of the Christchurch mosque shootings, far right independent Australian Senator Fraser Anning released an official statement that was widely condemned both within and outside Australia for being Islamophobic and insensitive to the victims of the terrorist attack. Within a day of his statements a petition calling for his expulsion from the Australian parliament had amassed 250,000 signatures.[2]
On 16 March 2019 during a Fraser Anning address to the media in a press conference in Moorabbin, Melbourne Anning was suggesting the cause of the attack on New Zealand Muslims was islamic violence. During this address William Connolly interrupted by splattering an egg on Fraser Anning's head whilst simultaneously filming with his phone.
Response to incident
William Connolly immediately after the incident advised for others to not copy his actions stating "Don’t egg a politician, you’ll get tackled by 30 bogans at the same time, I learnt the hard way”.[3]
Satirical publication The Chaser declared that "No further nominations to be accepted for Australian of the Year 2020".[4]
Musical groups including Violent Soho[5], Hilltop Hoods[6], The Mountain Goats[7] and others went to social media to offer William Connolly free entry to their concerts for life. Additionally Birds of Tokyo decreed "All hail egg boy!".[8]
International coverage of incident
Qatari television broadcaster Al Jazeera reported on the incident.[9] In the United States New York Broadsheet newspaper The New York Times covered the incident along with the The Washington Post.[10] British Television Network ITV covered the incident.[11]
Coincidental link to egg throwing incident of 1917
Eleanor Robertson, writer for Frankie, The Saturday Paper and Meanjin highlighted on Twitter that the shirt William Connolly was wearing bore the Roman numerals MCMXVII, corresponding to 1917, the year in which Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes was egged in the famous Egg Throwing Incident, ultimately leading to the establishment of the Australian Federal Police.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Fraser Anning punches teen after being egged in Melbourne". ABC News. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ staff, Guardian (2019-03-16). "Australian Senator Fraser Anning punches teen after being egged". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ ☀️ (2019-03-16). "Our young hero has spoken "don't egg a politician, you'll tackled by 30 bogans at the same time, I learnt the hard way. Fuck" we Stan #Eggboy Will Connolly, nonetheless pic.twitter.com/nAUDuKSMP0". @chuseeme. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ^ "#eggteen No further nominations to be accepted for Australian of the Year 2020". The Chaser. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ Soho, Violent (2019-03-16). "Holy shit, he full smacks him with a lefty and egg boy just cops it and keeps filming. Cool as ya like mate, what a legend! Egg boy has guest list for life. Hell, he can be our official photographer too... Love you egg boy!pic.twitter.com/szNIHpQVCv". @violentsoho. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ Hoods, Hilltop (2019-03-16). "Egg Boy, you have free entry to any Hoods show for life should you wish". @hilltophoods. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ Goats, The Mountain (2019-03-16). "guest list for life for there #eggboy". @mountain_goats. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ Tokyo, Birds of (2019-03-16). "This is one of the greatest things we've ever seen... all hail egg boy! #eggboyhttps://twitter.com/violentsoho/status/1106827199296892928". @BIRDSOFTOKYO. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ "Australian senator egged after racist comments on New Zealand". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ Karasz, Palko (2019-03-16). "Australian Senator Hit With Egg After Blaming Immigration for Mosque Attacks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "Egg cracked on head of Australian senator Fraser Anning who blamed New Zealand attack on Muslim immigration". ITV News. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ Robertson, Eleanor (2019-03-16). "has anyone else noticed that egg teen's shirt has the year of australia's famous "egg throwing incident" on it in roman numerals? could be a coincidence, but interesting nonetheless! could it be.... an easter egg????pic.twitter.com/2u550T3YXq". @marrowing. Retrieved 2019-03-16.