Crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie has referred to federal police an email from a senior journalist she believes contained veiled threats against her and her staff.
Senator Lambie says the unsolicited email from Seven News reporter Robert Ovadia on Tuesday night was referred to police because it contained a "cryptic, ambiguous message" that could be interpreted as a veiled threat.
"Words spoken today will not be forgotten," the email allegedly says.
Senator Lambie said she would let police decide whether it was a veiled threat.
"I'm not playing games with the safety of my staff," she told parliament.
Senator Lambie has accused Mr Ovadia of misreporting over the army's so-called Jedi Council sex scandal, based on information she claims was illegally leaked to him.
"Mr Ovadia initially produced an unbalanced, sensationalist and factually incorrect report after he was played for a fool by people in Defence," she said.
Mr Ovadia later corrected the record but the damage was already done to retired Lieutenant Colonel Karel Dubsky who was named in the report, despite having had no involvement in the scandal, she said.
Senator Lambie has previously called on Australian of the Year David Morrison to apologise to Mr Dubsky for wrongly accusing him of being involved in the scandal while he was chief of army, and for providing specific details that quickly identified him during a press conference.
Earlier in November she read to parliament a statutory declaration from Mr Dubsky who said General Morrison was biased against him and allowed the abandonment of military justice in order to be seen to act over the scandal.
Media ran stories televising his face and name, with media turning up at his doorstep.
The humiliation and sense of betrayal caused him post-traumatic stress disorder and he attempted suicide in 2014 and again in 2016, after learning General Morrison was Australian of the Year.
Senator Lambie on Wednesday said Mr Ovadia had also sent a terse email to Mr Dubsky, who is in a fragile mental state.
She didn't want her office having any further communication with Mr Ovadia unless he was prepared to reveal who leaked Mr Dubsky's name to him.
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