The incidents last year included a spate of online threats, letters delivered to electorate offices, verbal altercations and destruction of property.
Federal police have experienced an increase in reports of direct threats to MPs since about 2017 but the numbers have tripled in the past three years. Many MPs put the rise in threats down to a surge in far-right extremism and conspiracy movements.
In 2022, the AFP investigated 548 reports of harassment, nuisance and other threats.
Can assure you it is not "far-right extremism" and "conspiracy movements". It is the increasing disconnect between people in power and the common man.
While I do not approve of threats in this manner, it should give pause how broken society is that it pushes people to respond in this manner.