A man who told federal Senator Fatima Payman there was a bullet with her name on it in a drunken, racist email tirade has been spared a jail term.

Sean David Sharman, 51, from Ballarat in Victoria, was arrested on April 3 by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and charged with using a carriage service to make a threat to kill the Australian politician.

Magistrate Julia Barling said the threatening email was too offensive to read aloud in court.

"It is so offensive, it is disgusting," Magistrate Barling said.

"It is hateful, it is racist.

"She is a senator in Western Australia, I don't see what the connection is other than that she is a Muslim woman."

Magistrate Barling said Sharman's email was "clearly" targeted based on Senator Payman's gender, race and religion, and was "completely

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