ACT politicians speak out on abuse, death threats after Haines attack
Canberra MLAs describe being spat at, receiving misogynistic abuse and a hand-delivered death threat as safety concerns rise across Australia.
Several members of the ACT Legislative Assembly have detailed the abuse they endure as politicians, from being spat at to receiving a hand-delivered death threat naming a colleague's family, in the wake of the attack on federal independent MP Helen Haines outside her Victorian electorate office on Monday.