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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Four people have been arrested by federal \u201chate disruptor\u201d squads over threats against politicians and an embassy in just a month – while a NSW country town has been bombarded with flyers calling for \u201cremigration\u201d, the newest far-right code word for ethnic cleansing.<\/p>\n The Australian Federal Police\u2019s National Security Investigations (NSI) team on Saturday arrested two men \u2013 one each in Western Australia and Queensland \u2013 over unconnected threats to parliamentarians.<\/p>\n Police allegedly linked a 47-year-old man, from Bayswater in Perth, to a social media post about killing a politician, and searched his home on Friday.<\/p>\n The man was charged with two counts of using a carriage service to make a threat to kill or cause serious harm, which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n He is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on August 21.<\/p>\n A second investigation launched earlier this month by the NSI tracked threatening voice messages sent to parliamentarians to a 57-year-old man from Coomera, on the Gold Coast in Queensland.<\/p>\n Police raided his home on Thursday and allegedly found evidence on his phone. He was charged with threatening a public official and will appear in court on August 17 in Southport.<\/p>\n The NSI teams, established last October, were dubbed \u201cflying hate disruptors\u201d by AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett.<\/p>\n \u201cHistory has taught us, and recent events have reinforced, that hatred creates a permissive environment that can lead to violent extremism and terrorism,\u201d Barrett said in December.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are groups and individuals across Australia who are eroding the country\u2019s social fabric by advocating hatred, fear, and humiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n Both the AFP and NSW Police are still hunting a prolific, serial letter writer whose threats have menaced politicians for a decade.<\/p>\n \u201cScorpio\u201d or \u201cBuLLiT\u201d is believed to be a Caucasian man in his 60s and has written more than 100 letters.<\/p>\n He often signs them with a stamp made from red and black ink daubed on the rear of a Winchester bullet casing.<\/p>\n Related Article Authorities released screenshots of Scorpio\u2019s letters<\/a> on June 30, saying they were closing in on the author, but so far have yet to make any arrests.<\/p>\n The NSI squads, earlier this month, charged a 47-year-old man from the Sydney suburb of Colyton over a bomb hoax made to a foreign embassy.<\/p>\n A search on July 9 allegedly uncovered methamphetamine and a phone.<\/p>\n That same day, the NSI raided a home in Woolgoolga, near Coffs Harbour in the state\u2019s north, after threats to another federal parliamentarian.<\/p>\n A 53-year-old man was charged over the alleged menacing threats on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cPublic officials deserve the ability to carry out their duties without facing the threat of harm,\u201d AFP acting Inspector Fleur Jennings said on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe AFP has the resources and technology to locate and identify offenders who threaten parliamentarians and high office holders and bring them before the courts.\u201d<\/p>\n Joint Counterterrorism Teams, also in July, had two men front court after separate investigations over violent extremist material.<\/p>\n Related Article A 51-year-old man allegedly shared violent videos and propaganda from Islamic terror groups from his home in Pacific Pines, Queensland.<\/p>\n A second man, aged 19, was charged as part of that investigation and bailed.<\/p>\n A 20-year-old man, from NSW north, also appeared in court on charges of advocating terrorism after the terror squads allegedly found online posts advocating for terrorism, along with weapons and ammunition.<\/p>\n Political extremism has become a major public priority<\/a> for law enforcement and politicians since the attacks on Bondi Beach in December.<\/p>\n The NSI squads alone had charged 14 individuals in the two months leading up to the attack.<\/p>\n Last week, Hunter MP Dan Repacholi denounced \u201cracist bullshit\u201d flyers handed out calling for Indian Australians to be removed from the town of Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley.<\/p>\n Related Article \u201cWe have already seen local doctors abused and targeted with racist comments. Now cowards are spreading this hateful rubbish through our community,\u201d Repacholi wrote online.<\/p>\n The flyer, handed out by a Sydney-based white nationalist political movement, was drumming up support for a \u201cremigration rally\u201d in September.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0ff0373c31e6524d4e6d422c80f4e18283349b15ad3586a1f01b9cfa67be4686.jpeg\")
A Queensland man arrested over violent extremist material earlier this month.AFP<\/p>\n![\"Published](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d93b177494c72996ebdd4954a77967c055a0709a.jpeg\")
Published excerpts from some of the over 100 letters sent by the figure known as \u201cScorpio\u201d or \u201cBullit\u201d.Australian Federal Police\/Matt Willis<\/p>\n![\"Labor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b3867780cb2da4fccf6c1a3779d7335c36f1feaa.jpeg\")
Labor MP Dan Repacholi said his local town of Kurri Kurri had been bombarded by \u201cracist bullshit\u201d last week.Arsineh Houspian<\/p>\n![\"Published](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784361495_583_d93b177494c72996ebdd4954a77967c055a0709a.jpeg\")
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