<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been evacuated from his official residence in Canberra.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Australian Federal Police said its officers responded to an "alleged security incident" about 6pm today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A thorough search of a protection establishment was undertaken and nothing suspicious was located," a spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is no current threat to the community or public safety."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's unclear what was behind the security incident but the number of threats against politicians has been rising over the years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The AFP received 951 referrals or threats against parliamentarians in the 2024-25 financial year, rising 63 per cent over the past four years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 43-year-old man is staring down jail time if convicted for allegedly </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/western-sydney-man-death-threats-federal-politician/ee1d063c-eece-4a6d-bb8e-4cce14723b45" rel="" target="" title="threatening to kill the prime minister"><span>threatening to kill the prime minister</span></a><span> in multiple phone calls to his office.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-evacuated-from-the-lodge-in-canberra-due-to-security-incident/998ef480-4ad4-4cba-a05c-859eed9d64e5" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another man faced court just last week over </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jim-chalmers-man-arrested-death-threats-federal-treasurer/846bcf59-0094-40e9-8b9d-92c59869a538" rel="" target="" title="alleged threats to kill federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers"><span>alleged threats to kill federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sydney eastern suburbs politicians including independent federal MP Allegra Spender and NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane were the subject of inflammatory, misogynistic and violent threats after condemning a neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament in November.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In December, a man was charged after several online threats were made to kill federal Communications Minister Anika Wells.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Later that month, a 27-year-old Sydney man was arrested after allegedly threatening in online posts to kidnap Albanese.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese moved into The Lodge as his primary residence when he became prime minister, breaking with the pattern established by John Howard and continued by most of those who followed, who lived in Kirribilli House on Sydney Harbour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm already at The Lodge. I have moved most of my personal effects from my flat in Canberra there across to The Lodge plus some things down from Sydney," he told </span><em><span>The Canberra Times</span></em><span> at the time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's the national capital. And that is important. 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