And the security appears to be two bricks short of a wall, despite one American describing it as far in excess of anything he'd seen in the US. ABC Radio National ran a story this morning of two blokes having a drink in the lounge of one of the hotels inside the fence; I gather they were brothers. They were just minding their own business when George Shrub was escorted by his entourage into the hotel through a side door in the lounge and thence to his suite. After all the Shrub hubbub had passed, one of the brothers was approached by security who demanded identification and a reason for being within the secure zone while saying his brother had been taken into custody. He identified himself, said they'd been there for most of the evening and both were bundled not just outside the hotel but across the road as well.

The brother's comment on security was printable but pithily damning.

Cheers, Rowan