CCP Deletes Question on Australian Prime Minister Evacuation From Official Press Conference Transcript

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Feb 27, 2026 - 10:58 Updated: Feb 27, 2026 - 00:28
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CCP Deletes Question on Australian Prime Minister Evacuation From Official Press Conference Transcript

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has edited a transcript of a press conference that mentioned the recent bomb threat that forced Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to be evacuated.

A CCP official was questioned on the evacuation of Albanese from his official residence—The Lodge—on Feb. 24, in response to the Australian Federal Police being notified of Chinese-language threats of violence against the leader unless the Australian tour performances by New-York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts were stopped.
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The official, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, dodged the question about the evacuation during the press briefing, instead saying she had noted the relevant reports but was “not aware of the actual situation.” She then went on to use derogatory terms.
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However, a transcript of the press conference, which appeared on the Ministry’s website, saw the question and answer removed.

Yet that edict did not appear to filter down to the CCP Embassy in Australia, which went on to publish the entire exchange on its Facebook page.

Days earlier, the two threats, which had been emailed to the local organizers of the shows, were passed on to the Australian Federal Police for investigation.

The first Chinese-language email threatened the “personal safety of Anthony Albanese and all other Australian high officials” if Shen Yun’s performances were to go ahead.

A second email went further and claimed: “Large quantities of nitroglycerin explosives have been placed around the Australian prime minister’s Lodge, located on Adelaide Avenue in the Deakin area of Canberra, Australia.

“If you insist on proceeding with the performance, then the prime minister’s Lodge will be blown into ruins and blood will flow like a river.”

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Feb. 24 found “no current threat to community or public safety,” a spokesperson told The Epoch Times.

Meanwhile, Queensland Police also confirmed they are investigating a second bomb threat aimed at the Gold Coast Home of the Arts (HOTA), which is hosting Shen Yun.

Shen Yun was founded in 2006 and, through the medium of classical Chinese dance, showcases 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. Many artists are practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong, which has suffered severe persecution by the CCP in China for nearly 27 years.

Despite the threats, the show performed at Surfers Paradise in Queensland on Feb. 25 to positive reviews, and will travel to Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide.
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