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MP Angie Bell Apologizes After “Stoned in Square” Comment

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 2:05 AM UTC · How we work

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MP Angie Bell said Minister Anne Aly and the prime minister should be “stoned in the square”.
Bell withdrew the remarks and called her language a “poor choice of words”.
Aly said she received 19 death threats referencing the comment and called Bell’s words racist.
Liberal leader Jane Hume said Bell reached out to Aly and called it “a storm in a teacup”.

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MP Angie Bell said Minister Anne Aly and the prime minister should be “stoned in the square”.
Bell withdrew the remarks and called her language a “poor choice of words”.
Aly said she received 19 death threats referencing the comment and called Bell’s words racist.
Liberal leader Jane Hume said Bell reached out to Aly and called it “a storm in a teacup”.