NEVER before has an egg in Albury gained so much attention.
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A googy bought at a supermarket became more than a cooking ingredient when then clothing shop worker Amber Holt took it to the CWA conference near QEII Square on May 7.
Such an attack was not going to be without consequence and the full fallout from the episode emerged in an Albury courtroom on Tuesday.
Holt was ordered to do 150 hours unpaid community work over 18 months after pleading guilty to common assault.
She accepted the penalty as a fair decision and said she did not want others to engage in such behaviour.
"I don't encourage anyone to follow what I did, it's just caused more drama," Holt said outside the court after the penalty was imposed by magistrate Rodney Brender.
"What I did was very selfish and stupid."
Holt said she wanted to bring attention to the federal government's treatment of asylum seekers on Manus Island but conceded her method, which involved 40 minutes planning, was ill-conceived.
At the time of the incident, we concluded in an editorial "we hope that an example is made of "Egg Girl" because if there is a 'point' to be made out of this saga, it should be that idiotic behaviour like that won't be tolerated".
In sentencing, Mr Brender told Holt there was a need for her penalty to deter others in the community.
Some argued she should be jailed, but that would be draconian and a waste of taxpayer money.
The punishment imposed is reasonable, allowing Holt to demonstrate to society her remorse in a practical fashion.
For Albury, the episode will be a footnote in the history of the federal election campaign of 2019 which ended with Mr Morrison's government being re-elected.
And hopefully next time the CWA stage a conference in the city the only egging will be the applause for popular speakers.
