Forget the attack on the Indonesian Embassy. The meeja should be concentrating on the assault that Schapelle supporters are making on every office that matters in Parliament House.

Staffers say they’re not just buggered, they’re frustrated and upset and simply unable to deal in any useful way with the flood of irrational and aggressive calls from punters around the nation who want to see something done to bring our girl home.

Notions of jurisdiction – let alone diplomacy – don’t mean much to people who don’t understand the concept of the separation of powers. Corby may have escaped the firing squad, but senior staffers are wondering how long they’ll remain in the firing line and lambasted by the lumpenproletariat.