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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Anne Aly reveals she has received 19 death threats in the past week alone

Australian federal Labor minister Anne Aly
Labor minister Anne Aly says comments by Liberal National MP Angie Bell are ‘something that should not have been said’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Anne Aly has condemned as “racist” and “misogynistic” comments in parliament calling for her to be “stoned in the square” – while revealing she has received 19 death threats in the past week alone.

The Gold Coast Liberal National MP Angie Bell, the member for Moncrieff, told the House of Representatives that Aly, the small business minister, and the prime minister should be “shamed and stoned in the square” over a decision made by the tax office.

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