I think she needs to be charged and the sentence should not be just a slap on the wrist.
This has nothing to do with my politics or what i think of Scott Morrison, but everything to do with the position he holds.
He is a politician and the PM. he has no choice in this occupation but to be in the public eye. As such, he has the right to be safe.
I think exactly the same about people in other occupations, who may be attacked for working in their public role eg police, nursing staff, paramedics.
People have the right to a safe workplace and those who make it unsafe need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
The problem as I see it is this. Politicians are in a position where the threat of being killed on duty is real. Okay, so the woman had an egg this time. What if it had been a knife? What if it had been a gun?
What if one of the minders had thought in the split seconds of the action occurring, that it was a gun or a knife and had shot the woman?
She may very well give a thumbs up this time but she would be outraged if she was sitting in a hospital bed with a bullet wound, but here's the thing-it would be her fault and sooner or later, this is the sort of thing what will happen.
years ago there was a case where a boy with a knife was surrounded by a few police and ran at them, saying he would kill them. they shot him, he died, There was outrage in the community that a 16 year old could be shot, how brutal etc etc. But here's the thing-what did he think might happen?
We live in a society where young people think they can do anything they like without consequence. It's a dangerous mind set and that's why she needs to be prosecuted and have serious jail time.
