ASIO chasing The Chaser?

It was one of the stunts of 2007 when the Chaser boys made international headlines by getting some of the tightest security checkpoints on earth to get to the front door of then US President George W. Bush’s hotel.

While there was no repeat at the G20 in Brisbane Dr Mumbo was intrigued to hear the Queensland Police Service (QPS) asked about it at yesterday’s PRIA national conference.

When Matthew Rigby, executive editor of the QPS, was asked how they avoided a repeat he told the audience: “In terms of our friends The Chasers… I think there were two factors and (fellow panellist) Greg Swan (from Brisbane City Council) touched on this earlier — our Commonwealth colleagues from ASIO that don’t have surnames.”