A senior executive at the Australian War Memorial has clashed with members of the Canberra press gallery in a heated stoush at the launch of the new Anzac Hall.
Veteran political photographer Mike Bowers accused the memorial's head of communications Elliot Woods of "belligerent, rude and intimidating" behaviour towards media recording the arrival of guests at the $550 million development's official opening on Tuesday evening.
"We were complaining [among ourselves] about the light, because they had a spotlight that was shining directly at us, so it became almost impossible to do our jobs," Bowers told The Canberra Times.
