Julia Gillard ambushed by angry protesters in western Sydney

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Julia Gillard ambushed by angry protesters in western Sydney

By Simon Black
The Daily Telegraph
March 04, 20138:26AM

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Julia Gillard defends her visit to Western Sydney saying ‘her visit like any other visit in the past’. Courtesy Sunrise Network Seven

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JULIA Gillard’s breakfast on the campaign that isn’t a campaign has begun with a protest.

More than 30 Rooty Hill residents waved banners and electricity bills at the Novotel hotel where the PM is staying during her five day western Sydney sleepover in protest of rising power prices and the carbon tax.

“We shouldn’t have to live like this,” Rooty Hill locals Keith and Laura Seeley said. “Every electricity bill is a struggle.”

“We don’t use our freezer, we don’t cook in the oven, we have to make sure to unplug everything.”

The couple said they felt betrayed by Gillard.

“She made all these promises last time she was out here and not one was honoured,” Ms Seeley said.

“The West Link, the carbon tax, the mining tax. She doesn’t keep the promises she makes.”

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrives at the Rydges Hotel at Rosehill to attend a special dinner reserved for Labor members ahead of her long week out in the Western Suburbs. Picture: Adam Taylor

Protesters said they were disappointed the Prime Minister did not meet with them.

“She said she was here to talk to people,” resident Tony Robinson said. “Where is she? Why did she lie?”

The protesters were joined by climate change sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton.

On Sunday night, Ms Gillard said western Sydney residents needed recognition and respect and shouldn’t be viewed as second-rate, in an address to about 1000 Labor faithful.

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