Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, appeared to stumble and fall off a stage during a campaign event for May’s national election.
The incident occurred at the Mining and Energy Union Conference in New South Wales, where the 62-year-old leader was posing for photos after his speech.
Despite the fall, Albanese quickly reassured the audience that he was fine and continued with the event.
Video footage captured the tumble, but he downplayed the incident in a radio interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
“I stepped back one step. I didn’t fall off the stage … just one leg went down, but I was sweet,” he said.
Currently on the campaign trail for the May 3 election, Albanese’s centre-left Labour Party is in a tight race with the conservative Liberal-National opposition led by Peter Dutton.
