00:01Would you put up with this in your office or your home?
00:05I had some direct threats and I've had to report it to the AFP.
00:09It can be very violent, it can be misogynistic, just hateful.
00:15A little bit of loss of faith in humanity that people could be so mean and so remorseless about it.
00:21These women agree the vast majority of interactions they have with constituents are excellent.
00:27But too often some behaviour goes way beyond acceptable.
00:31A death threat that named my daughter and my partner and it was actually dropped at my front gate.
00:38I've been spat at standing outside the front of the shops and I've had people make violent threats to me
00:44before, face to face.
00:46My sexuality speculated and then sort of taken through the mud. I've copped a bit of queerphobic abuse which is
00:53never fun.
00:54There's a common thread from what they have experienced.
00:57The online world has supercharged the racism, the venom and the vitriol, particularly against women.
01:03Online world is a very unhappy place at the moment I think.
01:06And you know, aside from having this job and needing to be there, it is, you know, other than that
01:14I would have no part of it.
01:16They also wonder whether the role is worth the risk for their families.
01:20I'm here to call out what is absolutely in the interests of the community.
01:25But does that come at the cost of my own and my family's own personal safety?
01:31As these politicians review their security measures, they are still determined to be visible.
01:36I really don't want it to impact the way I do my job.
01:38The whole point of being a representative is to be as accessible as humanly possible.
01:43A really core part of our representation and democracy is being accessible to the community.
01:49Anyone who has the opportunity and the privilege to be able to shape public discourse and debate has a responsibility.
01:57A responsibility for us all to be better.
02:01A responsibility for us all to be better.
02:03Four more, two more, two more, three.
02:04One, two, three, two.
02:04One, Two, one.
02:04A responsibility for us on this.
02:05One, Two, Two, One.
02:05Three, Two.
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