Q: We see in the Oz today where Peter Dutton was [the planned victim of an alleged terror plot]. We know we know harassment [against MPs] has doubled since 2021. You have been in Parliament since 1996, do you feel more anxious about your personal safety now than ever before?

Albanese:

I have reached out to Peter Dutton this morning and it is a fact that the number of threats that have been made to Parliamentarians has increased in recent times and that has been reported on by the appropriate authorities.

I myself have been the subject of a range of issues, at least one of which is before legal processes at the moment. There was a pretty serious incident. So what I have confidence in, though, is the Australian Federal Police and the authorities to do what they can to keep us safe, but that is one of the reasons why you have seen an increase number of security measures put in place because we do live in times that unfortunately we have seen around the world as well, but here as well, these threats be made.

They shouldn’t be – there’s no place whatsoever in politics for any of this, and I have ensured that any time any member of Parliament, regardless of who they are, have asked for support, they have received it.