Queensland MP closes electorate office due to threats after alleged drugging and sexual assault

Brittany Lauga says ‘threatening and offensive safety concerns from members of the public’ have forced the closure of her Yeppoon office

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The Queensland Labor MP Brittany Lauga has closed her local electorate office in Yeppoon because of threats from members of the public after she alleged she was the victim of drugging and sexual assault.

Lauga, the member for Keppel, announced on Tuesday afternoon that the electorate office in the coastal town would close until further notice “as a result of several threatening and offensive safety concerns from members of the public”.