Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash
Web Producer: Brian Pryor
ANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Gillard's own aides.
The aide has been fired. Gillard's office said Friday that a member of her media unit told someone that opposition leader Tony Abbott would be at Thursday's event in Canberra. A spokesperson said in a statement that the information was passed on to indigenous-rights protesters nearby.
The protesters were angry about recent comments Abbott made about their movement, and about 200 of them surrounded the restaurant where he and Gillard were.
Abbott told Sky News on Saturday that Gillard must release more details about what the fired staffer said.
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