澳大利亚联邦警察局长克里西·巴雷特表示，政治人物的激烈言论与针对议员的威胁和滥用之间存在直接联系1。巴雷特指出，威胁环境已发生改变，他每天工作伊始的首要任务之一就是阅读过去24小时内向澳大利亚联邦警察报告的所有威胁汇总报告1。他强调，"当存在特定政治冲突或话语的地方，它与威胁和滥用事件有直接关联，有时非常迅速"1。
议员安全问题的关注度因独立议员海伦·海因斯在其瓦盖拉选区办公室外遭袭击而上升，海因斯接受了双腿截肢手术，目前在墨尔本阿尔弗雷德医院接受治疗，状况严重但稳定1。联邦警察已为议员举行多次安全简报会1。
巴雷特指出，女性议员和男性议员受到的威胁和滥用数量相当，但女性更经常被单独针对，通常涉及性暴力威胁1。工党部长凯瑟琳·金表示，"这是何时而不是是否会发生在我们其中一个人身上的问题，我们肯定在过去五年左右一直在说这一点"1。
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Kirsty Barrett has drawn a direct connection between inflammatory political language and escalating threats and abuse directed at parliamentarians.1 Barrett stated that among her first daily tasks is reviewing a report summarizing all threats reported to the AFP in the previous 24 hours.1 She emphasized that in areas where specific political conflicts or rhetoric exist, there is a direct correlation with the threats and abuse observed by police, often developing rapidly.1
The heightened focus on parliamentary security follows the attack on independent Member Helen Haines outside her Wagga Wagga electorate office, after which she underwent bilateral leg amputation and was receiving treatment at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital in serious but stable condition.1 The AFP has conducted multiple security briefings for parliamentarians in response to the escalating environment.1 While female and male MPs receive comparable volumes of threats and abuse, women are disproportionately targeted with gender-specific harassment, frequently involving threats of sexual violence.1 Labor minister Catherine King reflected the broader concern among legislators, stating: "It's a question of when, not if, it happens to one of us, and we've certainly been saying that for about the last five years or so."1
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