DFAT suspicious package non-threatening | news.com.au Australias leading news site

A CANBERRA public servant has been left red-faced after accidentally prompting a bomb scare at the Department of Foreign Affairs headquarters.

BUT police say they erred on the side of caution amid heightened concerns following the deadly siege in Sydney.

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