re:suspicious package in australian parliament
"UPDATE 1-Suspicious package in Australian parliament -media 11:36, Friday, 3 June 2005
(Updates with more details)
CANBERRA, June 3 (Reuters) - A suspicious package was found inside Australia's Parliament House on Friday, local media said, two days after a mysterious powder was sent to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra, sparking a scare.
Australia's Sky television said the fire brigade was at the parliament in Canberra "dealing with a suspicious object". The embassy scare follows an emotional backlash over the 20-year sentencing of an Australian woman in Bali for smuggling drugs.
A Reuters correspondent in parliament said the underground loading dock, which receives mail at the building, had been closed. The loading dock is in a separate building to the actual parliament, but is part of the parliamentary complex.
The parliament has not been evacuated and officials were not available for comment. ((Reporting by Michael Perry, editing by Richard Pullin; [email protected]; Reuters Messaging: [email protected]; +612 9373 1804))
