when the latest newspoll was out today showing unassailable lead that Rudd has over Howard, nothing is more apt than Laurie Oakes’ comment in Sky News: “The lame duck is meeting the dead duck” - a pretty ’spot on’ reference to the imminent arrival of Bush to meet his ‘man-of-steel’ friend.
if you were around town, the security operation and precaution is massive. dustbins are covered in black plastic bag taped with police lines. security fences as long as 5km cordoned off the northern part of town. police presence is felt. it’s not far removed from a police state.
are they necessary? perhaps. terror attacks in Australia, as many have said, is not a matter of will but when. the next few days will be interesting news and political cycle. 21 leaders in one place when so many stickin world issues are at play - the timing of this APEC meeting is uncanny.
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