UPDATE: A MAN armed with a knife has been tasered by police outside Parliament House.

It is alleged the man tried to enter the Government building while brandishing the weapon.

EARLIER: REPORTS are emerging of a major police operation currently underway at Parliament house in Canberra.

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Early information suggests a man armed with a knife has been making threats.

This is a developing story – we will have more information as it becomes available.