56岁男子约翰·劳伦斯·斯马特因在西澳州工党议员汉娜·比兹利的选区办公室进行口头威胁并持有可疑物品而遭控。1法官海蒂·沃特森在庭审中表示，斯马特持有的物品可能是鼓槌，而非检控方指控的改造双截棍。1斯马特本人声称这些物品是克拉维打击乐器，称自己从事音乐工作已有20年。1
法官命令斯马特继续被拘留进行进一步医学评估。1斯马特曾因精神分裂症住院治疗，存在迫害性妄想信念。1议员比兹利称此事"令人震惊"，赞扬工作人员应对得当。1西澳总理罗杰·库克表示将讨论升级安全措施以保护议员及其工作人员。1此事件发生在联邦议员海伦·海因斯于周一在维州北部选区办公室外遭四驱车撞击之后，引发了关于保护公职人员安全的全国性讨论。1
A 56-year-old man, John Lawrence Smart, has been charged with making verbal threats and possessing what authorities believed to be a modified weapon at Western Australian Labor MP Hannah Beazley's electorate office in Victoria Park, Perth 1. During court proceedings, Smart claimed the object he was carrying was claves—a percussion instrument used during his 20-year career as a musician—rather than an altered nunchuck 1. Judge Heidi Watson suggested to prosecutors that Smart may have been holding drumsticks instead 1.
Smart has previously been hospitalized for treatment related to schizophrenia and holds persecutory delusional beliefs 1. The judge ordered that Smart remain in detention pending further medical assessment 1. Beazley described the incident as "shocking" and commended her staff's response 1. Western Australian Premier Roger Cook indicated the state would discuss upgrading security measures to protect MPs and their staff members 1. The incident follows a separate attack on federal MP Helen Haines, who was struck by a 4WD vehicle outside her electorate office in regional Victoria on the previous Monday, events that have prompted broader national discussions about the safety of public officials 1.
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