The APEC wall that couldn’t keep The Chaser out cost $2m

THE steel and concrete fence that became a symbol of the 2007 Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation summit, cost an amazing $2 million to hire for seven days, documents released under Freedom of Information laws reveal. Read more at news.com.au here.

This is my first story for news.com.au. I have reported previously on the farce of the APEC excludable person’s list and a botched police attempt to blackmail an activist into spying. Read more here.

Read more about Freedom of Information laws at Peter Timmon’s excellent Open and Shut blog here. He has written a short piece about my article here.