Australian politicians are seeing a rise in death threats and abuse, as COVID-19 health mandates cause increasing levels of unrest around the country.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said he and his young family have been targeted by death threats via social media early on Thursday morning. This follows a similar set of threats rece=ieved by the territoryâs leader in October.
Gunnar who made public the threat said the troll stated:Â âWe are going to hunt you and your family down. Making people take a vaccine is illegal and forcing it down their throats is illegal.â
The cyberbully also threatened to kill Gunnerâs child.
During a press conference on Wednesday, a visibly shaken Gunner said that this was not the first time heâd received threats, ABC News reported….