Sylvia,
I don't collect and store information like that.
My son worked in the ABC in that very area and it was a concern for them
in regard to places like Iraq. No ABC cameraman has been killed but
certainly others have.
If you really want to find that information try a google search on media
casualities, there has been enough of them.

Bazz, I wasn't aware that Sydney was a "place like Iraq".

If you're seriously suggesting there was a danger of unarmed comedians being shot by police, then I think it's the police, not the Chaser crew, that have gone "too far".

Bazz,

The issue is whether cameramen have been killed as a result of their cameras being mistaken for weapons in situations where the presence of cameramen is to be expected (such as APEC).

You have stated that there is a risk. The onus is on you to provide at least something in the way of evidence. It is not reasonable for you simply to assert it, and then expect others to look for a way of justifying it for you.

Sylvia.

The whole APEC event in Sydney reminds me so strongly of the final car chase scene of "The Blues Brothers" that it defies description.

Good on you Chasers....saving us from being too dumbed down and becoming an Orwellian society, which is what Howard would love.

Then again, we are already probably halfway there.....

The version I heard was that the Chaser team were alarmed that they got so close and had turned around are were leaving. When Chas got out of the car and the stunt became obvious, it wasn't outside the Continental but heading away from it.

The real joke in this is the idea that we invite leaders to this country for a peaceful meeting but then have to spend so much money protecting them from the citizens.

It didn't look like Australia in Sydney today- more like Chile or some other police state.

Check this out:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/apec/jailed-for-jaywalking/2007/09/08/1188783554892.html

then worry a little.