I was informed by a friend that Channel 7 had a phone in poll - "Do you think the Chaser team went over the top?"

The results at that time were NO - approx 75%. (The Aussie Larakin Spirit still seems to be alive!)

It seems from what I have heard on the ABC - the channel the guys do the program for - is that they made it thru 2 checkpoints and started to get worried, so started to turn around near the hotel. ONLY THEN, because they started to behave suspiciously, were they even challenged!!! So much for the nonsense about 'they were caught, which shows that the security worked"! If they WERE real nasty people, they would NOT have done that...

A close up of the 'passes' affixed to the car windows shows that they clearly say on them "This is a Joke"!!!

Apparently a Canadian Govt individual said "We don't mind that they used the Canadian Flag! If they want Political Asylum, we'll grant it!"


One of the radio channels had a ring-in - "What is in the umpteen car motorcade of Bush?"

Answers included 'Bin Laden'...


There are a few serious Law Points here...

The 'special legislation' for APEC

1) Destroys the presumption of availability of Bail - hundreds of years of Tradition trashed!

2) Seems to destroy the necessity of needing to demonstrate 'Intent' (more Tradition trashed!) - it seems to assume that the only 'Intent' is to do harm - i.e. 'You MUST be a Terrorist'. No malicious intent needs to be demonstrated by the Police to the Court for the Charges to be accepted. The Chaser publicly in advance stated their intent - even admitted by Downer and the NSW Police Minister himself (interestingly a _Labour_ pollie!) - that they wished no harm, but merely a bit of Clownish Mayhem - as is their 'Mission'. The Fooles Troupe heartily applauds them - even if sometimes they do go a bit far... but usually you don't know till you've done it... :-)

3) They had no weapons, but their wits... :-)


I am also VERY not impressed that Rudd is toeing the 'they could have been shot' line! What trigger happy loonies do we have now in this country? Americans?   :-P