Australian Federal Police are investigating threats made against Independent MP Rob Oakeshott ahead of a planned public meeting at Port Macquarie on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

The meeting, called by the local newspaper in Mr Oakeshott's seat of Lyne, has been cancelled.

The MP says feelings are running high in some parts of his electorate after his deal with Labor to form a minority government.

"They are those borderline ones where you just don't know whether they are people venting their views on the decisions that have been taken over the last two weeks or whether there is something a bit more malicious," he said.

"But in the end I think everyone is erring on the side of caution and for all the right reasons."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/15/3012097.htm?section=justin