CANBERRA, ACT, March 30 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Logan man is expected to face Beenleigh Magistrates Court on 1 May, 2026, charged with sending an alleged threatening message online to a federal parliamentarian.
Investigations began on 25 March, 2026, after the AFP received a report of online threats, including a threat to kill, against a parliamentarian.
AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) officers linked the man, 47, to the alleged threats.
Police subsequently executed a search warrant on the man in Logan on Friday (27 March, 2026) and seized electronic devices.
The man has been charged with one count of using a carriage service to make a threat to kill, contrary to s474.15(1) of the ...