The man charged over sending suspicious packages containing white powder to local politicians was identified on Friday, but police did not take action until further parcels turned up at the Legislative Assembly on Monday.
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The 51-year-old Belconnen man was charged with five counts of use a postal service to harass after one package was intercepted at Parliament House on Friday, and a further four packages caused a three-hour lockdown of the Legislative Assembly on Monday.
The packages at the Assembly - sent to Chief Minister Katy Gallagher, Opposition Leader Jeremy Hanson and Greens leader Shane Rattenbury - were taken to Canberra Hospital's communicable diseases unit for testing on Monday, but were deemed safe.
Detective Acting Sergeant Lachlan Chancellor said the white substance had not yet been identified, but would be sent to forensics for analysis.
''At the moment we know that it's not harmful. We will be submitting that powder to our forensics unit, who will be examining it completely to see if there are different substances in there, but we won't have those results for some time.''
The man was identified by police after the Friday incident, but police did not have evidence of subsequent packages and planned to deal with him by summons or another means.
Detective Sergeant Chancellor said the man had co-operated with the investigation, and police did not believe there would be any further threats.
The man is due to face the ACT Magistrates Court on July 26. Hamish Boland-Rudder