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Australian PM evacuated from official residence following bomb threat

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 10:30am
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (Photo by Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (Photo by Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images)

Australian PM evacuated from official residence following bomb threat

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 10:30am

Australia’s Prime Minister was evacuated from his official Canberra residence on Tuesday. 

Anthony Albanese was moved from The Lodge to another location around 6pm, as the police investigated a bomb threat. 

He was able to return once a search has been concluded, after 9pm. 

Australia Correspondent Steve Price told Mike Hosking information is currently limited, but he’s never heard of an Australian Prime Minister being evacuated from an official residence.  

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