By Eden Gillespie
The leader of the Reason Party, Fiona Patten, says the abuse directed towards her during the pandemic has gotten so bad she has installed a security system in her home.
Facing a torrent of online and in-person abuse, Fiona Patten, leader of the Reason Party in Victoria, is in “almost daily” contact with parliamentary security.
The hatred directed towards her has been so threatening and constant that she and her staff have been up until two in the morning some days trying to filter it out from her social media page.
Speaking with SBS News, Ms Patten said her office has been vandalised and she has had to install a security system in her home due to the escalating harassment.
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“I am concerned, and my family is concerned, about those threats turning into actual violence and actual attacks,” she said.
“These are not just individuals in my community not agreeing with me or advocating for a different position.
“These are people who are in concerted organised campaigns being instructed to harass and intimidate myself and my office.”
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Read the full article on SBS’s website.
