[Australia] Copping out on airport security / The Australian [Gotcha blog and comments], 28 May 2007
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Gary Hughes
"It’s a pity that authorities haven’t acted as quickly in implementing the recommendations of the inquiry into airport security by Sir John Wheeler as they did in tracking down and prosecuting the whistleblower responsible for it. Former customs officer Allan Robert Kessing will be sentenced on June 14 for leaking two classified internal reports about security problems at Sydney Airport, but it will not be until June 2008 that all the extra police needed to improve security will be in place. The Australian reports today that only 111 or the additional 365 police promised by state and territory governments in September 2005 are actually in place. Queensland, NSW and the Northern Territory are yet to provide their contingents, while WA says it won’t be able to finish fulfilling its commitment until June 2008."