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Anne Aly says she received 19 death threats in a week
Australian minister Anne Aly says she received 19 death threats on social media in one week.
She spoke after Liberal National MP Angie Bell said in parliament that Aly and the prime minister should be “shamed and stoned in the square.”
Bell made the remark while criticising a tax office decision to stop credit card payments for tax bills.
The Speaker made Bell withdraw the words after a government minister objected to their violent imagery.
Aly called the comments racist and misogynistic, and said they went against Australian values.
Threats against politicians are rising in Australia, with the Australian Federal Police receiving 951 referrals or threats against parliamentarians in the 2024–25 financial year, more than 60% higher than four years earlier.
Small business minister Anne Aly says she received 19 death threats on social media in the past week.
Aly condemned as racist and misogynistic a parliamentary comment calling for her and the prime minister to be “stoned in the square”.
The comment was made by Angie Bell, a Liberal National MP, during an opposition attack over an Australian Tax Office decision.
The speaker required Bell to withdraw the remark after the government’s leader of the house raised concerns about its violent imagery.
- Who
- Anne Aly, small business minister, says she received the threats. Angie Bell made the parliamentary comment.
- What
- Aly says she received 19 death threats in a week and condemned Bell’s call for her and the prime minister to be “stoned in the square”.
- When
- Aly said the threats came in the past week. Bell made the remark before question time on Tuesday.
- Where
- Bell made the remark in the House of Representatives. Aly responded on Instagram.
- Why
- Bell was criticising the Australian Tax Office’s decision to ban credit card payments for tax bills. Aly said the comments were racist and misogynistic.
Anne Aly
Angie Bell
Parliamentary remark
Anne Aly
Aly called the comment racist and misogynistic and said it should never have been made.
Angie Bell
Bell said Aly and the prime minister should be “shamed and stoned in the square” over the tax office decision.
Tax office decision
Anne Aly
Aly’s view of the decision is Not stated.
Angie Bell
Bell said the decision to ban credit card payments for tax bills would harm small businesses and the millions of Australians employed by them.
Aly says she received 19 death threats on social media.
Bell called for Aly and the prime minister to be “shamed and stoned in the square” over the tax office decision.
The speaker required Bell to withdraw it after Tony Burke raised concerns about its violent imagery.
- Death threats
- 19 in the past week, according to Aly
- MP
- Angie Bell, Liberal National member for Moncrieff
- Minister
- Anne Aly, small business minister
- Tax office decision
- Ban on credit card payments used to pay tax bills
What people are saying
This past week alone, I’ve had 19 death threats on my social media.
It is racist. It is misogynistic. And it is something that should never have been said.
This minister and this prime minister should be absolutely shamed and stoned in the square
physically violent imagery
Sources
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