CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Queensland man has been sentenced by the Southport Magistrates Court yesterday (7 September, 2026) to six months' imprisonment over threats made towards a federal parliamentarian.
The Magistrate ordered the man, 57, serve the sentence in the community, releasing him on a $3000 recognisance order to be of good behaviour for 18 months.
The man was issued with a Notice to Appear on 16 July, 2026, after the AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation earlier that month into a report of multiple threats directed towards a federal parliamentarian.
Police linked the man, 57, to the threatening behaviour and executed a search w...