Original article by Joe Kelly
The Australian – Page: 3 : 17-Jul-24

The failed attempt to assassinate Donald Trump has heightened concerns about the safety of Australian politicians. Former home affairs minister Karen Andrews notes that she had raised such concerns in July 2022 in response to the assassination of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe, and she believes that an attempt to kill an Australian politician is inevitable. The former Coalition cabinet minister adds that the current level of security protection for federal MPs is merely "adequate". Former Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo notes that the last major review of protective security arrangements for the nation’s parliamentarians was undertaken in 1979, in the wake of the Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing.

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