Second female lawmaker in Australia threatened days after alleged car attack

Japan Today22 October 2026, 06:47 UTCAustralia

A man has been charged with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks, police said Thursday, days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit…

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