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18%
4 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Creative Industries Minister Simone McGurk has shared a vulgar message left on her office answering machine in a demonstration of the regular vitriol West Australian MPs and their electorate office staff face.
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MPs → share → vitriol
Speaking at a Business News breakfast on Tuesday morning, McGurk vented her frustration at the current state of political debate in Australia, revealing the frequent aggression MPs and political staff received.
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MPs → speak → aggression
The message shared by McGurk was from an American man seemingly upset at the member for Fremantle’s past commentary about US politics.
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message → share → politics
He opens with the greeting, “Hello, you horrible f----ing witch”, before telling her to “shut up about American politics”, and describes Australia as a “prison colony” and “inbred”.
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He → open → colony
McGurk said it was important people understood the sort of vitriol and aggression that many elected representatives and their staff received.
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representatives → say → that
“I think women get it in particular, but it really does extend to a lot of elected representatives,” she said.
“It’s really vulgar.
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It → think → representatives
It’s aggressive.
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It → ’ → ?
It’s unacceptable by any measure.
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It → ’ → measure
Sadly, that then extends to real life, where in my electorate office we will often get calls.”
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we → extend → calls
McGurk said on Monday afternoon a staff member was called an “f---ing c---” over the phone.
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member → say → phone
“Staff that are working in our electorate offices just don’t deserve that sort of abuse,” she said.
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she → work → abuse
The safety of WA MPs has become a priority issue after federal Victorian independent MP Helen Haines lost both her legs after being rammed allegedly by a constituent driving a four-wheel drive while she was outside her office.
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she → become → office
Days later, WA Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley’s Victoria Park electorate office was forced into lockdown when a man allegedly brandished nunchucks.
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man → force → nunchucks
One Nation’s WA leader Rod Caddies also said a man threatened to kill him while he was driving home from parliament one night.
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he → say → parliament
Concerns over MP safety resulted in a meeting between all party leaders and WA Police at parliament on October 22.
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Concerns → result → October
The state will likely conduct an audit of electorate office safety, and they are considering allowances available to MPs to upgrade security.
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they → conduct → security
McGurk’s comments came the same day a Victorian One Nation volunteer was allegedly attacked by a man and a teenager with a baseball bat on his front lawn in a coastal town on the Great Ocean Road.
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volunteer → come → Road
Victoria Police said in a statement on Tuesday the 60-year-old was recovering from serious, non-life-threatening injuries after he confronted a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly damaging a corflute outside a home in Torquay on Sunday evening.
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who → say → evening
McGurk said the overall temperature in public debate was at an all-time high.
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temperature → say → high
“I don’t think we’re just seeing this in the WA or in Australia.
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we → think → Australia
I think we’re seeing it around the world,” she said.
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she → think → world
“I really want people to think about when they are feeling impatient or angry, just to take a step back and take a breath and not to take that out on the people around them.
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they → want → them
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