Albanese's protest at reporter shot by rubber bullet labelled ‘a bit much'
Sky News host James Morrow claims Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's reaction to a reporter hit by a rubber bullet is 'a bit much' after how the COVID-19 protests were handled under a Victorian Labor government.

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