SYDNEY—An RAAF F/A-18 fighter jet roared over central Sydney on a training exercise today as the city stepped up preparations for next week's APEC summit.
The Hornet flew at about 420 km/ph over the Harbour Bridge shortly before 1pm today.
Meanwhile cars were scanned for bombs, modified buses were put on display and navy divers were put through their paces in a restricted area at Walsh Bay, near the Harbour Bridge.
NSW Police Minister David Campbell said the new buses, which have mesh over their windows and a barred cell in the rear, will be used to transport both police and protesters during the September 2-9 APEC summit.
"They have got two roles, one is that they will be used to transport police, but equally if there are arrests, and I hope there are no arrests, then people can be transported away from a scene and back to a police station to be charged on these vehicles," Mr Campbell said today.
He also said about 1,500 Australian Defence Force members would play a role in ensuring security for the event.
A memorandum of understanding, which formalises how security operations will be shared between NSW Police and the Australian Defence Force, was signed in Sydney today.
"The ADF, under the memorandum of understanding, don't have a role as an aggressor and I trust that police won't be required to be aggressive," said Mr Campbell.
NSW police superintendent Peter Lennon said work would begin on Saturday on a major security fence around parts of the city's CBD.
"It will take some four days," Supt Lennon said.
"There is a smaller fence being built in Darling Harbour but the main fence will start on Saturday."
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