My favourite comedy show (sorry Colbert, you got the Chaser bump) The Chaser's War on Everything decided to run a stunt involving APEC security. According to the Australian Daily Telegraph the Chaser were expecting to get stopped at the first checkpoint. Instead, they were waved onto the second, and then waved past the second. It was not until they were within 10 metres of the hotel that Bush is staying that they decided to inform the police they were not in fact the Canadian Prime Minister and instead one of them was dressed up as Osama Bin Laden!
This is why I love the Chaser, who else would do this?

The AP story is below:
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Members of an Australian TV comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, drove through two security checkpoints Thursday before being stopped near the Sydney hotel where U.S. President George W. Bush is staying.

The stunt embarrassed Sydney police who have imposed the tightest security measures in city history for a summit of leaders from Pacific Rim countries, including Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who arrived Thursday.

Police arrested 11 cast and crew from the TV program, "The Chaser's War on Everything," and impounded three vehicles, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., which airs the show, said on its website.

Cast members put together a sham motorcade, hiring two motorcycles and three large cars on which they put Canadian flags. Police waved the motorcade through two checkpoints before pulling it over near the Intercontinental Hotel where Bush is staying.

Cast member Chas Licciardello got out of the car dressed in a white tunic and cap and wearing a long fake Osama bin Laden-style beard.

"No particular reason we chose Canada," cast member Chris Taylor was quoted as saying on The Sydney Morning Herald's Web site. "We just thought they'd be a country who the cops wouldn't scrutinize too closely, and who feasibly would only have three cars in their motorcade - as opposed to the 20 or so gas guzzlers that Bush has brought with him."

Bush is a frequent target of "the Chaser," as are Australian politicians. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the stunt proved security was working.

"Whatever you think of the humour of 'the Chaser,' the honest truth is they were clearly not going to harm anybody in a physical way," Downer said. "They presumably were, as is the nature of their show, aiming to humiliate a lot of well-known people."

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I do not know what is more funny, the stunt itself or the fact that the Foreign Minister claims that it shows security is working! I am sorry but when unauthorized vehicles get within 10m of the Bush's hotel, that is a failure! Thank god it was The Chaser and not a car bomb. 10m for a car bomb means the hotel lobby. According to this article, The Chaser were asked prior to the summit to behave themselves.
This article shows the "security" passes that The Chaser were wearing.

YouTube has a few videos:

Here you have some raw video showing the motorcade as it got into the APEC zone and the last half is the Chaser being arrested: