CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Lithgow man is expected to face aNSWcourttoday (28 October, 2026), chargedwithusing social media to allegedlythreaten a federalparliamentarian and drug possession.
The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation in September, 2026, after receiving a report of an alleged online threat made towards the federal parliamentarian.
NSI investigators executed a search warrant at a Lithgow home yesterday (27 October, 2026), where investigators seized a mobile phone, about 1 gram of a white crystalline substanceallegedto be a border-controlled drug, and drug paraphernalia.
The man, 39, was arrested andcharged with:
* One count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence, contrary to section 474.17 of the Criminal Code (Cth). The offence carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment;* One count of possession of prohibited drugs, contrary to section 10(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW). This offence carries a maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment; and* Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW). This offence carries a maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment.
He was refused bail and is scheduledto appear beforeBail Division Court 4 today.
AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett announced the establishment of NSI teams in October, 2025,to targetgroups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia's social cohesion.
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