Two men have been arrested for threatening federal politicians after neo-Nazi leader Joel Davis was charged with allegedly harassing a federal MP, with the Australian Federal Police warning that threats against politicians from a range of ideologies have soared to almost 1000 a year.

There have been 951 referrals to the AFP of threats to federal parliamentarians in the last financial year, rising 63 per cent over the past four years, acting assistant commissioner Matthew Gale told a press conference in Canberra.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been targeted by online harassment. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

“There are current and emerging individuals and groups who are eroding our country’s social fabric by advocating hatred, fear and humiliation, and the AFP, once again, is puttin

See Full Page