Perth Man Charged Over Threatening Emails to Federal MP

According to AFP data, reports of threatening, harassing, and offensive communications have surged by 42 percent.

Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers (C, at podium) delivers his budget speech at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on May 14, 2024. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

A 46-year-old man from Eden Hill, Western Australia, has been charged with sending four threatening and harassing emails to a Commonwealth Member of Parliament.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) charged the man on Jan. 16, after he voluntarily attended AFP Perth headquarters.