<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There are investigations into whether the international dance troupe Shen Yun was the target of a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the prime minister's Canberra residence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-evacuated-from-the-lodge-in-canberra-due-to-security-incident/998ef480-4ad4-4cba-a05c-859eed9d64e5" rel="" target="" title="Anthony Albanese was evacuated from The Lodge"><span>Anthony Albanese was evacuated from The Lodge</span></a><span> yesterday following an "alleged security incident" that may have stemmed from the Chinese Communist Party's escalating campaign against a banned religious group.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The classical dance group Shen Yun is not the most obvious fomenter of political dissent but it's a prime target of the party because of its links to the the long-persecuted Falun Gong.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-evacuated-from-the-lodge-in-canberra-due-to-security-incident/998ef480-4ad4-4cba-a05c-859eed9d64e5" target="_blank"><strong><span>Anthony Albanese 'all good' after being evacuated from official residence in Canberra over security scare</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese was caught up in China's harassment via threatening emails to the dance group.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Large quantities of nitroglycerin explosives have been placed around the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national" rel="" target="" title="Australian"><span>Australian</span></a><span> Prime Minister's residence in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australian-capital-territory" rel="" target="" title="Canberra"><span>Canberra</span></a><span>," one email read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If you proceed with the performance, the Lodge will be blown into ruins and blood will flow like a river."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/chinese-dance-group-at-the-centre-of-bomb-threat-at-prime-ministers-lodge/d920bd25-5678-47ba-8627-4cc8dd64a4b5" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An Australian Federal </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> search of The Lodge and its surrounds found it was a hoax, however, Anthony Albanese was evacuated as a precaution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We shouldn't allow such hate crimes and foreign interference continue in Australia by the Chinese Communist Party," Lucy Zhao from the Falun Dafa Association of Australia said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance" rel="" target="" title="Finance"><span>Finance</span></a><span> Minister Katy Gallagher said the threats "will be taken seriously by the police".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wisetech-to-cut-up-to-2000-jobs-ai-restructure/e1626bc8-91d7-43db-8390-13ea2e0a6eb5" target="_blank"><strong><span>WiseTech Global set to cut up to 2000 jobs for 'AI efficiency'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Threats to Australian politicians are on the rise, with almost 1000 last year, as security authorities fear that authoritarian nations, including China, are increasingly projecting their own internal political hostilities onto our shores.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Opposition Leader Angus Taylor labelled the incident "unacceptable" as he called for "a united front".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shen Yun's performance tonight in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/gold-coast" rel="" target="" title="Gold Coast"><span>Gold Coast</span></a><span> will go ahead with extra security.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 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