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The Australia exposes a secret Customs report into security vulnerabilities and criminal activities at Sydney Airport which is completed in September 2004. Qantas, and Sydney Airport did not know the report existed. John Anderson suggested in Federal Parliament today that the Labor opposition should have sought a briefing on this report that it did not know existed (well done 7:30 report)

The report contains information that’s more than a little disturbing, though nothing that directly supports the case of Schapelle Corby.

The report, obtained by The Australian, details serious security breaches and illegal activity by baggage handlers, air crew, ramp and trolley workers, security screeners and cleaners.

It says baggage handlers have diverted bags containing large amounts of narcotics from incoming international flights to domestic baggage carousels, sometimes changing baggage tags, to avoid Customs examination.

The war on terror was heralded by fridge magnets in Australia yet our awareness of our vulnerabilities has not been aided by tip-offs to the magnet-herladed terrorism line. We’ve been been aided, it seems, by a tragic court case in Bali that’s ironically unrelated to the terrible night club bombing. And our fickle press.