A 42-year-old man has been fined $2750 after he admitted to threatening a federal MP online and possessing illegal weapons.
The Queanbeyan man, who works in Canberra, was convicted on Monday, August 17, after Australian Federal Police's national security investigations (NSI) team linked him to a social media post in March this year.
Following a month-long investigation, NSI officers assisted by ACT Policing searched the man's home in Queanbeyan and workplace in the ACT.
During the search in April this year, officers seized the man's mobile phone and laptop at his residence and a Taser and extendable baton from his vehicle.
The man was charged in the ACT Magistrates Court and on June 16 pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to menace or harass or cause offence and two counts of possessing a prohibited weapon.
NSI officers previously charged another Queanbeyan man, 51, accused of threatening federal politicians on social media in February this year.
The 51-year-old's social media posts allegedly contained threatening remarks directed at two federal politicians.
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett established the NSI team in October, 2025, to target groups and individuals causing high-level harm to social cohesion in Australia, including targeting federal MPs.
