# Man charged after threats at MP's Perth office

> A 56-year-old man was arrested after allegedly threatening staff at Hannah Beazley's electoral office while armed with nunchucks.
- Title: Man charged after threats at MP's Perth office · Abc
- Summary: A 56-year-old man was arrested after allegedly threatening staff at Hannah Beazley's electoral office while armed with nunchucks. A man was charged with…
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- Source: Abc — https://abc.net.au/news/2026-10-22/man-charged-with-making-threats-at-wa-mp-hannah-beazley-office/107295330
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## Man arrested at MP's office
Police responded to reports of a man causing a disturbance at Hannah Beazley's electoral office in Victoria Park around one fifteen pm yesterday.The fifty-six-year-old allegedly threatened staff while armed with an improvised martial arts weapon.
## Weapon was nunchucks
The man allegedly wielded a pair of nunchucks during the incident at the office in Victoria Park, four kilometres south-east of the Perth CBD. Nobody was injured.
## Beazley was not present
Hannah Beazley, WA Local Government Minister, was not in the office at the time of the incident. The man was arrested in the nearby suburb of Bentley.
## Charges and court appearance
The fifty-six-year-old man from Bentley was charged with making unlawful threats, being armed in a way that may cause fear, and possessing cannabis.His bail was refused and he faced Perth Magistrates Court later that day.
## Follows attack on federal MP
The incident came two days after an alleged attack on federal member for Indi Helen Haines, who remained in critical condition in hospital after being run over outside her electoral office in Victoria.
## Albanese calls it awful week
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the incident added to an awful week for Australian politicians.He knew Beazley very well through friendship with her father Kim Beazley, a former federal opposition leader and deputy prime minister.

> The fact that you had this incident so soon after the tragedy that occurred with Helen Haines in Wangaratta on Monday is just heartbreaking.
## Staff shaken, Beazley concerned
Hannah Beazley said the incident was confronting and her staff were left shaken and upset. She was especially concerned due to the heightened environment following the alleged attack on Helen Haines.

> I immediately jumped to concerns for my staff, and to be honest concerns of getting home and being able to have a conversation with my kids before they found out from anyone else.
## Premier considers new security
Premier Roger Cook said he was appalled by the threatening incident and was considering blocking off the Parliament House car park to the public as a security measure.

> Our MPs want be connected to their community, they want be accessible, but we have to balance that with their sense of security, but also their actual security.
## Key takeaway

A man was charged with making unlawful threats and being armed with an improvised martial arts weapon at WA Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley's electoral office in Victoria Park.