Palestinian-Australian charged with trespass after allegedly refusing to leave Anthony Albanese’s electorate office

Sarah Shaweesh says she entered the prime minister's office as a constituent seeking information about her family's declined visa application

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A Palestinian-Australian constituent of Anthony Albanese seeking visa help has been arrested and charged with trespassing, after she allegedly refused to leave the prime minister's electorate office in the Sydney seat of Grayndler.

Sarah Shaweesh livestreamed her arrest on social media, saying she was a local constituent who lived in Marrickville, and the police had threatened to arrest me because I went into the office to ask about my family's declined visa applications".