CANBERRA, ACT, April 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Queanbeyan man, 45, is expected to face the ACT Magistrates Court on 26 May, 2026, charged with allegedly using social media to menace and harass a federal parliamentarian.
AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) began an investigation in February, 2026, following notification of an alleged menacing and offensive post targeted at a federal parliamentarian on social media.
AFP NSI officers executed search warrants in Hume, ACT and in Queanbeyan, NSW, yesterday (14 April, 2026) and seized a mobile phone, a laptop and various prohibited weapons including an extendable baton, a taser and pepper spray.
The man was arrested and bailed to appear befor...