Julia Gillard attacked by mob © REUTERS/ Enny Nuraheni Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott have been rescued from an angry mob by police in Canberra. The two were attending an awards ceremony at a restaurant in the city to celebrate Australia Day, when the building was surrounded by a mob campaigning for Aboriginal rights. The group had descended on the restaurant from the nearby "Tent Embassy," a peace camp established in the city since 1972, allegedly after Mr Abbott told reporters "I think it probably is time to move on from that." Security officers pulled the premiere aside to tell her the situation was getting out of hand, and that they may soon need to be escorted from the building. Shortly afterwards, both she and Mr Abbott were bundled out of the restaurant by some 50 police officers, who piled them through the line of protesters into cars and drove off. Neither politician was injured in the incident, but Ms Gillard lost a shoe, which was later paraded as a trophy by the demonstrators. She resumed her duties shortly afterwards.