Australian Senator Sneaks Fake Pipe Bomb Into Parliament

‘I brought this through security ... a pipe bomb’

Australian senator brings fake 'pipe bomb' into Parliament after security scrap search procedures (Daily Mirror)

An Australian senator produced a 'pipe bomb' from a plastic bag in a stunt to highlight changes in Parliamentary security.

Luckily it was a dummy device which controversial senator, Bill Heffernan showed Tony Negus, the head of the Australian Federal Police as he grilled him on changes to search procedures.

Senator Heffernan has been warning for months about increased risk at the $1.1 billion building, which opened in 1988.

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