CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 1 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editor's note: Footage of the arrest is available via Hightail.
A Queensland man has been charged with allegedly making a threat to a federal parliamentarian.
The AFP charged the Mackay North man, 66, today (1 September, 2026) after an allegedly threatening voicemail message was left with the office of a federal parliamentarian.
The voicemail allegedly contained abusive language directed to the parliamentarian, their family and associates, and threats of serious violence.
Investigators from an AFP National Security Investigations team executed a search warrant at a North Mackay home today (1 September, 2026), where they seized a phone and documents ...