CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

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A Sydney man, 30, is expected to face the NSW Bail Division Local Court tomorrow (21 November, 2025) charged with using a carriage service to harass a federal parliamentarian.

An AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation after identifying an alleged menacing message on an encrypted online platform.

The message allegedly encouraged abusive and hateful messages to be directed towards a federal parliamentarian, following their condemnation of a National Socialist Network protest on 8 November, 2025.

The AFP allegedly linked the man to the message sent on the encr...