Indigenous Australians: Julia Gillard

National Day Dept: BRISBANE -- Australians celebrating their national day Thursday were confronted with the sight of their prime minister and Opposition leader being hustled away by security staff as hundreds of angry aborigines confronted them at a Canberra restaurant, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The protesters, who pointed out many indigenous Australians still live in poverty, banged on the glass sides of the Lobby restaurant chanting "shame" and "racist," while federal police swooped and cameras recorded the angry confrontations and australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, second from left, is escorted through a crowd of protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia's national day in Canberra on Thursday. Protesters were incensed at suggestions by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott that the aboriginal "tent embassy" -- a protest site near Parliament since the 1970s -- be closed down because many of the issues dogging indigenous Australia had been resolved. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.