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Afternoon Update: PM says journalist’s shooting with rubber bullet raised with US; another embryo bungle at Monash IVF; and life behind a beauty counter

Nine’s US correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit with a rubber bullet while covering protests in Los Angeles
Nine’s US correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit with a rubber bullet while covering protests in Los Angeles. Photograph: 9News

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The Los Angeles Police Department has responded to reports of media being hit with rubber bullets while covering protests in LA, saying “we’re very concerned about it and we’re looking into that”.

Nine’s US correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit with a rubber bullet on Monday and a British news photographer believed he was also likely hit over the weekend with a non-lethal round.

Speaking at the National Press Club, Anthony Albanese described the footage, which appears to show an LAPD officer aiming in the direction of Tomasi, as “horrific”. The prime minister said there was “no ambiguity” that Tomasi was a reporter, and that the issue has been raised with the US administration.

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