“We don’t want anything to do with it,” he said.

On Tuesday,Mr Guy had condemned violence at the protests but did not ban his MPs from attending,saying the actions of the “few” should not tarnish everyone who attended.

Meanwhile,Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he would not be intimidated by any threats from extremists made against him,his wife or his children.

His comments followedrevelations inThe AgeandThe Sydney Morning Herald that counter-terrorism officials had charged a Melbourne man who encouraged anti-lockdown protesters to bring firearms to State Parliament to execute the Premier.

Authorities are also investigating other alleged extremists involved in the Melbourne pandemic bill protests.

Imre Pelyva,who was recently charged with incitement to manufacture explosives,appears to have previously held a gun licence,and encouraged protesters at anti-lockdown rallies in Melbourne’s CBD to “bring out rifles and shotguns”.

“Someone need[sic] to shoot Mr Dan f--- in the head with a .50 cal[ibre] explosive tip! Just to make sure hes[sic] gone for life!” wrote Mr Pelyva,who sought to disguise his real identity via an encrypted messenger service. “Are we allowed to take firearms to the protest?”

Mr Andrews said he wasn’t shocked by the charges because “people are extremists”.

“Now,I can’t comment on the individual who has been charged,and the last thing I want to do is jeopardise him getting whatever justice he richly deserves. So,I won’t comment on that,” he told reporters on Thursday.

He added later:“I did feel the need yesterday to make the point that people can threaten me all they like – they can threaten my life and my kids all they like.

“It’s the safety of every family that gets me up every morning,and sees me to bed very late every night,working as hard as I can for our state. That’s the job that I’ve got,that’s the oath that I swore,and we will not be intimidated into cowering away from our duty.”

The posts often encouraged supporters to visit politicians’ homes and lobby against the state government’sproposed pandemic legislation in person.

Federal Labor MP Ed Husic criticised Mr Morrison for his response to the actions of some Victorian protesters.

“He couldn’t condemn it without trying to make a political point,” Mr Husic told the ABC’s Patricia Karvelas.

“This is a result of what has festered for some time because the Morrison government has refused to take the advice of its own agencies,refused to take stock of what’s been said for the last few years,” he said.

“This represents an edging towards a form of domestic terrorism,right-wing extremism in this form.

“This represents a serious threat to democracy,and it should be called out.

“I’m frankly stunned that it took Scott Morrison days for this to happen,and I’m even more alarmed by the attempt to establish some sort of moral equivalency like what we saw with Donald Trump at Charlottesville.”

With Marta Pascual Juanola,Katina Curtis,Clay Lucas and David Estcourt

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