CANBERRA, ACT, March 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Sydney man appeared before Liverpool Local Court today (13 March, 2026) after being charged for using social media on multiple occasions to threaten and harass public officials, including a federal parliamentarian.
The AFP charged the man, 37, today after an investigation into a social media comment which allegedly contained a threat to kill a federal parliamentarian.
AFP investigators will allege the threat was traced to the man, with a search warrant executed at a Liverpool unit today where a mobile phone was seized for forensic examination.
It will be alleged between December, 2025, and February, 2026, the man used social media to post a series...