Victoria's Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan has accused the Opposition of inciting violence against her family.
Ms Allan made the accusation under questioning from Liberal MP Tim Smith about compensation paid to the owners of taxi licences, during a Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) hearing.
"What you are doing is inciting vicious attacks against me and my family," Ms Allan said.
"I am quite happy to read into the record where people have been putting on Facebook that they're surprised I haven't been killed by now.
"There has been references to my children and my husband."
Ms Allan later confirmed she had received death threats.
Labor accused of making 'outrageous' accusations
The Government has abolished taxi licences and introducing a single scheme for taxis, hire cars and ride-booking services, due the increasing patronage of services like Uber.
The value of taxi licences has plummeted by hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result.
Taxi drivers have staged a number of angry protests against the changes, including travelling in a slow convoy from Melbourne Airport to Parliament House and holding up morning traffic on the Bolte Bridge.
Last year the Andrews Government passed laws for a $1 levy on all ride share trips to fund compensation for the owners of taxi licences.
Before a large public gallery filled with many taxi owners, Ms Allan accused the Opposition of hypocrisy in claiming to support taxi licence holders.
"You did nothing to support this industry when you were in government. You did not provide one cent of compensation. In Parliament you voted against compensation," she said.
"And now you are leading people astray and you are supporting these vicious attacks on members of Parliament."
Mr Smith called the accusations "outrageous".
"I am not supporting any vicious attacks on anyone," Mr Smith replied during the hearing.
"Are you honestly accusing me? That is an outrageous slur.
"The minister has accused me of inciting violence against her. I have never done anything of the sort."
Ms Allan told the committee she was not referring to Mr Smith personally, but the Liberal Party in general.
"I was referring to the collective of the party that you represent," she said.
'None of us support abuse'
Liberal Party members told the committee their MPs had also been subjected to vile posts on social media, but they didn't hold the Government responsible.
Mr Smith referred the committee to a Facebook comment, threatening Opposition Leader Matthew Guy.
"It's like me blaming you for some of the crazy things your mates at the UFU, and I don't blame you for some of the crazy things the UFU say about me," he told the committee.
In response, Labor MPs used parliamentary privilege to take aim at the Opposition's David Davis for inciting hatred.
"He stood outside my electorate office with 70 taxi licence holders [and] watched while there was vandalism of a Parliamentary office," said Steve Dimopoulos, the Labor member for Oakleigh.
Outside parliament, Mr Davis said he was not a supporter of online abuse.
"All people in public life have been victims of online abuse. There's obviously a nasty side to the internet that none of us support," he said.
