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A Certain Maritime Incident23 October 2002 © Commonwealth of Australia 2002 |
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| Membership of the Committee | (PDF 11KB) |
| Terms of Reference | (PDF 11KB) |
| Acronyms and Abbreviations | (PDF 13KB) |
Majority Report |
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| Chair's Foreword | (PDF 27KB) |
| Executive Summary | (PDF 210KB) |
| A New Border Protection Regime - Chapters 1 and 2 'Children Overboard' - Chapters 3 - 6 Accountability - Chapter 7 SIEV X - Chapters 8 and 9 'Pacific Solution' - Chapters 10 and 1 |
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| Chapter 1 - Border protection: A new regime | (PDF 213KB) |
| Introduction The Resolution of the Tampa Crisis A New Regime |
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| Chapter 2 - Operation Relex | (PDF 87KB) |
| Introduction Aim Establishment and Operational Arrangements Overview of Operation Relex Activities |
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| Chapter 3 - The 'Children Overboard' incident: Events and initial report |
(PDF 93KB) |
| Introduction HMAS Adelaide and SIEV 4 Children Overboard? |
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| Chapter 4 - The report of Children Overboard: Dissemination and early doubts | (PDF 125KB) |
| Introduction Dissemination Doubts and the Search for Evidence Photographs |
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| Chapter 5 - The attempt to correct the record: Advice from defence | (PDF 128KB) |
| Introduction Correcting the Record: Advice to the Minister and his Office Correcting the Record: Advice to PM & C and PST |
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| Chapter 6 - The failure to correct the record | (PDF 169KB) |
| Introduction Role of Minister for Defence and his Office Role of the Office of the Prime Minister Adequacy of Defence's Advice |
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| Chapter 7 - Accountability | (PDF 196KB) |
| Introduction Accountability in the Public Sector Accountability and the Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) Accountability in a Whole-of-Government Environment Accountability and Ministerial Advisers |
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| Chapter 8 - The sinking of SIEV X: Intelligence and surveillance | (PDF 182KB) |
| Introduction The Intelligence System and SIEV X SIEV X Chronology Surveillance and SIEV X Maps Map 1 - 6 (PDF 175KB) Map 7 -12 (PDF 164KB) |
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| Chapter 9 - The response to SIEV X | (PDF 143KB) |
| Introduction The Operational Climate Intelligence and Operational Decision Making The Intelligence Puzzle SIEV X Intelligence - 'Through a Glass Darkly'? Confirmation of Departure and Departure Time Confirmation of Whence It Had Departed A Threshold Level of Concern for its Safety Intelligence Handling - Systemic Problems? Conclusion |
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| Chapter 10 - Pacific solution: Negotiations and agreements | (PDF 112KB) |
| Introduction Initial Approaches The Agreement with Nauru The Agreement with Papua New Guinea Lawfulness Number of Asylum Seekers Operational Arrangements Conclusions |
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| Chapter 11 - Pacific solution: Outcomes and cost | (PDF 103KB) |
| Introduction Assessment of Refugee Status Visa Regime Cost Effectiveness Conclusions |
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| Appendix 1 - List of public submissions | (PDF 10KB) |
| Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee at public hearings | (PDF 17KB) |
Letters Received from President of the Senate
Letter to Committee 22 March 2002 (PDF 6821KB) Letter to Committee 15 April 2002 (PDF 659KB) Letter to Senator Collins 22 May 2002 (PDF 2111KB) Letter to Committee 26 August 2002 (PDF 905KB) Letter to Committee 14 October 2002 (PDF 1677KB) Opinion by Bret Walker 16 May 2002 (PDF 106KB)
Letter to Committee 5 April 2002 (PDF 2427KB) Letter to Committee 8 April 2002 (PDF 1447KB) Letter to Committee 8 April 2002 (PDF 401KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 126KB) Attachment 2 (PDF 117KB) Attachment 3 (PDF 167KB) Attachment 4 (PDF 110KB) Letter to Committee 22 April 2002 (PDF 1019KB) Letter to Senator Faulkner 21 May 2002 (PDF 2215KB) Letter to Speaker of the House 19 August 2002 (PDF 4495KB) |
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| Australian Democrats Additional Comments | (PDF 130KB) |
| Senator John Faulkner Additional Comments | (PDF 182KB) |
| Senator Jacinta Collins Additional Comments | (PDF 122KB) |
Government Members Report |
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| Chapter I - Preamble | (PDF 30KB) |
| Chapter II - The Conspiracy That Wasn't | (PDF 167KB) |
| Chapter III - Concluding Observations | (PDF 21KB) |
| Appendix I - The Pattern of Conduct | (PDF 67KB) |
| Appendix II - The Titheridge Minute (Available in PDF format only) |
(PDF 109KB) |
| Appendix III - Siev Event Matrix (Available in PDF format only) |
(PDF 89KB) |
