That's yolk! Australia PM Scott Morrison hit with an egg (VIDEO)

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been egged by a protester while campaigning ahead of the nation's general election.

The egg grazed Mr Morrison's head but did not break, local media said. The incident also knocked an elderly woman to the ground.

Footage showed a 25-year-old woman being restrained at the scene. Police later said she had been arrested.

Mr Morrison described the egg thrower as "cowardly".

The incident happened at a Country Women's Association event in Albury, about 330km (200 miles) south-east of Canberra. No-one was injured.

.: It looks like the egg basically bounces straight off . This has just happened at the Country Women's Association.

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Ms Baxter told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that she had recently had stomach surgery, but did not feel pain after the fall.

"My main concern was holding my stomach to make sure it didn't get hit," she said.

Mr Morrison is not the first Australian politician to be targeted by an egg-wielding protester this year.

In March, far-right Senator Fraser Anning was egged after making heavily criticised comments about the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand.

A 17-year-old boy was later cautioned by police over Mr Anning's egging.

-Source: BBC