MPs React to Prime Minister’s Evacuation Due to Chinese Bomb Threat Over Shen Yun Performances

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says politicians in Australia are facing an increasing number of threats.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Jan. 19, 2026. Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

Politicians have spoken after law enforcement were forced to evacuate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese from his official Canberra residence on Feb. 24 amid violent bomb threats.

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said they were “very troubling circumstances,” echoing past comments by Albanese that Australia needed to “take the temperature down.”