CANBERRA, ACT, July 11 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A NSW man is expected to face Downing Centre Local Court today (11 July, 2025) charged with threatening a Commonwealth parliamentarian.
The AFP started an investigation in March 2025, after identifying threats being made against a parliamentarian on social media before the 2025 Federal Election.
The AFP allegedly linked a Kingswood man to the social media account and executed a search warrant at his home on 7 May, 2025.
After a forensic examination of the man's devices, which were seized during the search warrant, the man was issued with a court attendance notice to face one count of threatening to cause harm to Commonwealth public official, contrary...