Pauline Hanson is demanding enhanced security after being targeted by a series of violent threats directed at her, her staff, and members of her family.
The One Nation leader raised the alarm after receiving a number of disturbing text messages and voicemails containing threats of physical assault, sexual violence and death.
The menacing communications were directed to both her private phone and electorate office, prompting her to hire a private bodyguard.
“I’m going to kill you,” one message seen by the Daily Telegraph reads.
“Your protection won’t protect you forever,” another said.
Ms Hanson said the scale of abuse was concerning, adding that even a single person acting on a threat could create a serious risk.
“In Queensland, I feel relatively safe, but I’m well aware that it takes just one mentally unstable person to create a safety risk for myself, my staff or members of the public,” Ms Hanson said.
“Doing my job shouldn’t put my safety, or the safety of the public, at risk.
“But sadly, I’m aware that the threats have increased in recent times, and therefore I understand the need for the AFP to conduct a full review of my protection.”
Correspondence obtained by News Corp shows Ms Hanson’s office raising concerns with a senior cabinet minister, expressing alarm that her personal safety concerns were not being sufficiently addressed.
“She is extremely vulnerable, and I can’t express how worried we are that something terrible could occur,” one message from her chief-of-staff, James Ashby, said.
“It only takes one crazy person to harm her in ways this country has not yet had to experience.
“Please don’t allow these dreadful people to take this country down that path at the expense of Pauline’s life.”
SkyNews.com.au approached the Australian Federal Police for comment.
It comes after a stunt carried out during Ms Hanson’s National Press Club address was branded “quite dangerous”.
The One Nation leader was speaking at the NPC for the first time on Wednesday when a banner was slowly lowered down from the ceiling behind the stage.
The sign, affixed to a projector screen, showed an image of Senator Hanson with the message “I opposed a pay rise for workers while I took a $100,000 pay rise myself”.
Left-wing campaign group GetUp! subsequently claimed responsibility for the incident.
The NPC has strenuously denied any involvement in the stunt, revealing in a statement that they had referred the matter to the Australian Federal Police.
Speaking to Sky News Australia on Wednesday, One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said the stunt was “really quite dangerous”.