Australian MP Exposes Security Risks Using Fake Pipe Bomb

A member of the Australian Parliament revealed a security flaw in the Parliament building Monday when he was able to successfully smuggle a fake pipe bomb and dynamite sticks in undetected, according to the International Business Times.

Liberal MP Bill Heffernan showed the police, who were being asked about new screening measures in a parliamentary hearing, the fake devices to prove a point, describing the building’s security as a joke, as officials and employees are not subject to a metal detector security check and X-ray screening. The new measures exempt MPs, but not media, contractors and the public, the article says.