For reasons that are a complete mystery to the ordinary citizens of Sydney, the federal government decided to host APEC here - rather than in Canberra where it belongs (Canberra was, after all, constructed to keep the political low-lifes out of everybody else's faces).
The result was a complete pigs breakfast. Unnecessary security as the pollies created a fenced security zone for the junket junkies that came to town. The cops invested in a water-cannon that they never got to use because, frankly, nobody around here really cares about APEC - eventually they had to resort to beating up a family man who decided to cross the road in the 'wrong' place. The general disruption was a real pain in the arse and nobody is quite sure what all this has to do with us anyway.
Still, there's always an upside. A TV comedy show managed to get a guy dressed up as Osama bin Laden through the 'layered' security. The cop's TV interview predictably concentrated on the exaggerated risk to the wags rather than the piss-poor job they did at securing an area that nobody wanted to get into anyway. We got a bit of decoration on the bridge - pointedly facing toward the conference and away from the citizens, and we also got to see the practice bit of a night-dingy display.
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