CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
AFP Special Operation Avalite has charged a Victorian man with allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments to a Commonwealth Member of Parliament.
The man, 41, was charged today (18 March, 2025) with:
* One count of using a carriage service to menace, contrary to subsection 474.17 of the Criminal Code (Cth), which carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment; and
* One count of threatening to cause serious harm to a Commonwealth Public Official, contrary to subsection 147.2(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth), which carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment.
He was granted bail and is scheduled to appear before Dandeno...