CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
Amanda Copp:
Jim Chalmers, thank you so much for joining us on the show.
Jim Chalmers:
Thanks very much, Amanda, for having me on the podcast.
Copp:
Now we've had a pretty horrific week here in Canberra. Have you yourself experienced threats or threats of attacks since your time in politics?
Chalmers:
Absolutely. And the frequency of those kinds of threats has escalated pretty dramatically in recent times. Our politics is becoming more dangerous. The rhetoric's becoming more violent and the threats are becoming more frequent and I think all of us are working through that in one way or another.
The problem is the more available you are as a local m...