A bullet on my doorstep, a detonator in the mail, bricks through my electorate office windows, tampered biscuits and files upon files of letters and emails containing threats of violence, rape and insults. These were inescapable elements of my political life. Listening to female politicians this week, this violence is sadly still a part of their careers.
Unfortunately, this violence now comes with an uninhibited immediacy, with the internet accessible at someone’s fingertips in a way that was unimaginable decades ago.
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