On 2 March the Parliament established the Joint Select Committee on the Christmas Island Tragedy to inquire into the incident on December 2010 in which an irregular entry vessel foundered on rocks at Rocky Point on Christmas Island. The committee will examine the Commonwealth's management of the incident, its operational response, and the adequacy of subsequent support provided to survivors and others. Full terms of reference can be found here
(www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/christmas_island_ctte/christmas_island/tor.htm)

The reporting date is 30 June 2011.

The closing date for submissions is 27 April 2011.

The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to christmasisland@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.

Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:

Committee Secretary
Joint Select Committee on the Christmas Island Tragedy
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia



Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3521 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5706 or by email to christmasisland@aph.gov.au.

Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.

Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.


For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Joint Select Committee on the Christmas Island Tragedy
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia



Phone: +61 2 6277 3521
Fax: +61 2 6277 5706
Email: christmasisland@aph.gov.au