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Rugby league star Robbie Farah has called on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to crack down on online abuse after he received an offensive message on Twitter.
The Wests Tigers skipper reacted angrily last night to a tweet about his mother, .
Canberra full-back Josh Dugan received abuse from the same individual.
The offending Twitter user's account and message have since been deleted.
Farah () then tweeted Ms Gillard, appealing for similar measures to the ones that allowed British authorities for making offensive remarks about Olympic diver Tom Daley's deceased father.
"We all need to make a stand and get these scums off Twitter. The laws are piss weak and people should be accountable for their comments," Farah wrote.
"We need to take some action and change these soft laws. People need to be accountable for their comments. #makeastand."
He later tweeted: "Sorry @JuliaGillard I just heard the terrible news about your father. Very sorry for your loss. Prayers are with you."
The incident comes after television presenter .
New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell says he will speak with the state's Police Commissioner about the issue today.
"I think it's unacceptable, whether it's a star footballer or whether it's an average citizen out there, to get either racist, defamatory or other inciteful messages from someone who thinks they can do it anonymously," he said this morning.
NSW Police Minister Mike Gallacher says he will speak with police about cracking down on online abuse and agrees the Federal Government needs to intervene.
"It's pretty clear that they're appropriately named twitters because they're coming from twits," he said.
"As I said about a week ago, honestly, these clowns who hide behind their keyboards in their mother's basements thinking they can send offensive messages, [we've] got to empower police with the ability to replace their keyboards with handcuffs."
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