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Lidia Thorpe says Bob Katter should be "reprimanded" for threatening a journalist in Brisbane last week. 

"What Mr Katter did was not OK, and he should be reprimanded. I mean, you know, this little black girl gets reprimanded for just opening her mouth, but for him to get away with any kind of sanction or reprimand needs to be taken up," Thorpe says.

She says politicians need to be held accountable for their actions, and that Katter's actions were "inappropriate".

Thorpe says it would send the wrong message if there were no consequences. 

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Lidia Thorpe says First Nations Australians feel they are "less than" in Australia and that people don't care about them.

"To see how the Nazis behaved towards us, and the fact that it's taken until today for an arrest to be made just is a really good example of that lack of care and duty of care," Thorpe says. 

Asked about the PM's comments that not everyone who attended Sunday's protests were neo-Nazis, Thorpe says the PM needs to ensure truth telling happens in Australia. 

"I think truth-telling will set us free. If people knew the true history of this country, and understand why that hatred is there, then you will have less and less people standing with neo-Nazis, like we saw on Sunday," she says.

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has joined Afternoon Briefing where she's been asked about a leading neo-Nazi being arrested by police.

Asked if she's relieved by the news, Thorpe says he is one of many. She says the way neo-Nazis stormed Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne was "outrageous". 

She says she believes police have dropped the ball.

"Where were Vic Pol, where were the federal police, who I know personally have a lot of information on these groups, because I've been briefed by the Australian Federal Police as someone that the neo-Nazis regularly attack. So I just, I have a lot of questions," Thorpe says.

Thorpe says if it were black men or women walking through the streets with iron bars, police would have "been all over that".

She says Camp Sovereignty is a sacred place and place of worship for First Nations people.

Thorpe has called on the AFP to step in and investigate hate crimes related to the Camp Sovereignty incident on Sunday.

Labor MP Josh Burns says people worried about the cost of living pressures don't need to engage in "dark, bigoted views".

"Bigotry, scapegoating, intolerance, racism — that is not the answer and if people on the streets are thinking about all these things and how they can support their family, don't turn towards the dark scapegoating. There are other channels and legitimate discussion that can be had," Burns says. 

Sharma, who is of Indian ancestry, says the Indian community felt the protests over the weekend "quite deeply". 

"We are better off as a nation because of the contribution that people like that make," Sharma says.

The pair have been asked about the arrest of neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell in Melbourne this afternoon. 

Sewell gatecrashed a press conference with Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan this morning. 

Labor MP Josh Burns says seeing neo-Nazis on the steps of parliament and walking around Melbourne in black masks is "absolutely unacceptable". 

"I am proud that we are a diverse and multicultural country and the sort of dark and negative views that are being displayed by the small group of cowardly bigots frankly does not represent Australia," Burns says.

Liberal MP Dave Sharma says there has been a rise in political extremism in Australia.

He says it's "worrying" and that he's concerned the political culture in Australia is becoming more violent. 

"It is very important that we show no tolerance for that sort of activity. It does not matter what views they are expressing," he says.

Liberal MP Dave Sharma and Labor MP Josh Burns have joined the Afternoon Briefing political panel.

They've been asked why their respective parties haven't taken action against Bob Katter for threatening a journalist last week. 

Sharma says the chambers would normally act on behaviour like this, and says his behaviour was "menacing" and "unfair". 

Burns says the journalist's question was entirely legitimate, and says the standards of MPs are high. 

"It shouldn't matter if it is Bob or Dave or I, we should be held to the proper standard of behaving and this one completely missed the mask," Burns says.

Should the government have taken action on independent MP Bob Katter, who threatened a journalist in Brisbane last week?

Anika Wells says the Kennedy MP should apologise and account for his actions. 

She says it is not within the parliament's jurisdiction to act on the conduct of MPs outside of the parliament.

"I'm sure people will have views about other things we could do, but I did find it absolutely the wrong thing to happen, and I felt for the journalist," Wells says.

Anika Wells has been asked about former Labor MP Peta Murphy's gambling reform report which made 31 recommendations that the government hasn't acted on. 

Asked if she will advance the recommendations, Wells says she is taking it "very seriously" and is trying her best to push it forward.

"I know people love to see an answer sooner than I can give it to them. I am trying to plot a path through to get something done, and I take that work very seriously," Wells says. 

Wells says she met Murphy's husband this week, but wouldn't detail the discussions she had with him on the matter. 

Anika Wells has been quizzed about the government's moves to make it harder for journalists and people to access government documents through Freedom of Information. 

Asked why the government has chosen to go down that path, Wells says it's because government departments are receiving a "deluge" of requests. 

"As the minister for communications, I have noticed how much the volume has ticked up [in Freedom of Information requests]," Wells says.

"The vast majority we are seeing coming through are automated, frivolous, vexatious, and they are drowning out the ones from an earnest citizen or a journalist. So I think it is just that, these laws aren't fit for purpose, they are from the 80s," she says. 

Wells says the government is trying to make freedom of information requests fit for purpose.