澳大利亚联邦最高执法官员直接将政客的言论与针对领导人的威胁和辱骂联系起来。
Australia's top federal law enforcement official has drawn a direct link between politicians' rhetoric and threats and abuse being directed at leaders.
在独立议员海伦·海恩斯据称在其位于旺加拉塔的选民办公室外遭蓄意袭击后，各级民选代表的安全问题被推上了风口浪尖。
The safety of elected representatives at all levels has been thrown into the spotlight after independent MP Helen Haines was allegedly deliberate attacked outside her Wangaratta electoral office.
海恩斯目前仍在墨尔本阿尔弗雷德医院接受治疗，情况严重但稳定，此前她接受了双腿截肢手术。
Haines remains in a serious but stable condition at the Alfred hospital in Melbourne, following her double leg amputation.
澳大利亚联邦警察专员克里西·巴雷特表示，毫无疑问，政客面临的威胁环境已经发生了变化。
The Australian federal police commissioner, Krissy Barrett, said there was no doubt the threat environment had changed for politicians.
“当我每天早上开始工作时，我做的第一件事之一就是阅读一份报告……该报告总结了过去24小时内向联邦警察报告的所有威胁，”她在澳大利亚广播公司（ABC）的《内幕人士》节目中表示。
"When I start work every morning, one of the first things I do is read a report … [that] summarises all of the threats that have been reported to the AFP over the last 24 hours," she told the ABC's Insiders program.
“现在，有些日子这份报告长达数页。”专员表示，她无意管控言论自由或干预政治话语。
"Now, some days that report is pages and pages long." The commissioner said she wasn't interested in policing free speech or intervening in political discourse.
“但我要向任何澳大利亚人发出挑战，去读一读这些威胁和报告给我们的联邦议员所遭受的辱骂，看看是否有人能辩称那是言论自由或政治话语，”她补充道。
"But I would challenge any Australian to read some of these threats and some of the abuse that is reported to us from federal parliamentarians and for anyone to argue that that is free speech or political discourse," she added.
从寄送实体仇恨邮件转向网络威胁，在令人担忧的材料数量激增中发挥了重要作用，同时也凸显了煽动性政治图像和语言的影响。
The move from the sending of physical hate mail to online threats had played a significant role in the increasing volume of worrying material, while also highlighting the influence of inflammatory political imagery and language.
“我们确实看到，当出现特定的政治冲突或话语时……这与我们在威胁和辱骂方面所看到的情况有直接关联，有时这种关联是非常即时的，”巴雷特说。
"We do see where there is particular political conflict or discourse occurring … it does have a direct correlation to what we see in terms of threats and abuse, and sometimes it's very immediate," Barrett said.
近日，在海恩斯据称遭袭击后，一国党过去绘制的描绘包括总理阿尔巴尼斯在内的政治人物被汽车或公共汽车撞击的漫画重新浮出水面。联邦警察专员表示，社区对这类漫画等材料“有反应”。
Past One Nation cartoons depicting political figures, including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, being hit by cars or buses have resurfaced in the days since the alleged attack on Haines. The AFP commissioner said there was "a reaction amongst the community" to material such as the cartoons.
负责保护联邦政客和公职人员的警务机构自周一以来已与议员举行了多次紧急安全简报会。
The policing agency, which is responsible for protecting federal politicians and office-holders, has held a number of emergency safety briefings with parliamentarians since Monday.
巴雷特表示，男女议员受到威胁和辱骂的情况同样严重，但女性更常被单独针对，往往伴有性暴力威胁。
Male and female MPs were targeted equally with threats and abuse, Barrett said, but women were more often singled out individually, often with threats of sexual violence.
她说：“我希望这能真正让人们停下来，思考一下这个国家正在发生什么，以及这会产生什么影响。”
"My hope is that this really causes people to pause and have a think about what's happening in this country and the impact of that," she said.
“如果这还不是那个关键事件，那什么才算？”来自各政治光谱的联邦议员都承认，在个人安全与接触选民之间取得平衡十分困难。
"And if this is not the incident, then what is?" Federal MPs from across the political spectrum have acknowledged the difficulty in balancing their personal security and access to voters.
自由党前座议员特德·奥布赖恩周日对 News24 表示：“作为一名地方议员，我不想停止参加社区活动。”
"As a local MP, I don't want to stop going to community events," Liberal frontbencher Ted O'Brien told News24 on Sunday.
“这种开放的接触是民主的基石。澳大利亚在这方面做得特别好。我们不能剥夺基层政治。”工党部长凯瑟琳·金表示，她已经应对日益恶化的安全形势一段时间了。
"That open access is a cornerstone of democracy. We're particularly good at it in Australia. We can't take away grassroots politics." Labor minister Catherine King said she has been contending with the deteriorating safety for some time.
她说：“迟早会有事情发生在我们其中一人身上，这绝非‘会不会’的问题，而只是‘何时’的问题，我们当然已经这么说了五年左右了。”
"It is when, not if, that something will happen to one of us and we've been saying that certainly for the last five years or so," she said.
“我用了近 25 年的流动大篷车办公。我现在不用了，因为它没有第二个出口。”“如果有人在车里闹事，我被困在车厢里，很难应对那种局面。”
"I had a mobile caravan for almost 25 years. I don't use that now because it doesn't have a second exit point. "If someone did kick off and I'm trapped in the van, it's very hard to deal with that."