By Hannah Moore For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 03:28 BST, 7 May 2019 | Updated: 03:29 BST, 7 May 2019
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Scott Morrison's security team has suffered a massive breach after a protester was allowed to wander up to the Prime Minister and egg him.
The PM is given 24-hour security by a highly-trained team of armed and undercover police officers, but they did not appear to see the attack coming.
Mr Morrison, who was attending an election campaign event in Albury, in southern New South Wales, when he was attacked, is guarded by an elite team of close personal protection officers from the Australian Federal Police.
CPP officers are highly trained, and the AFP website says they: 'must be ready to react quickly and possess the ability to swiftly evaluate a situation, use their finely honed negotiating skills or emergency driving expertise at any given moment'.
The officers are understood to work 16-hour days, four or five days a week. AFP says they are 'fit, well groomed, discreet and professional'.
The 25-year-old woman, who walked in holding a pack of half a dozen eggs, was escorted from the venue but was not
