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I mean that I'm surprised that there was a fuss over boarding at the wrong gate.

If you had a ticket, regardless of the name on it, you could walk into the airport, go to the gate, and get on a flight. It's a different situation, but things were generally pretty casual, and I just don't recall there being anything dramatic about a simple gate mixup.

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Interestingly I just watched a funny sketch video about the difference between Australian and US Airport security [1]. Definitely not a serious comparison, I doubt that Australian airports are nearly as lax as the video makes it seem.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyJ00uqp670

Accurate.

But when you get off the plane in Tassie there's the k-9 search...

Bring all the drugs you want, but don't you dare bring a banana.

I mean, the passing the bag through without scanning is facetious, but Australian (domestic) security is much lighter than the US. You don’t need ID, you don’t need a ticket, and until recently it was only metal detectors everywhere rather than full body scanners.

Also, it wouldn’t be uncommon to joke around (although there are some hard-asses); if they legitimately did recognise a YouTube, I could see them getting a selfie together.

They wouldn't notice if you buy a ticket to one city but get on a flight to a different city?

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