Challenging the official story
December 2001
February 2002
March 2002
April 2002
May 2002
June 2002
Drowned in indifference ~ Phillip Adams, 1 June 2002, (Australian)
Is Australia's Prime Minister responsible...? ~ Marg Hutton, 1 June 2002 (Blog)
Probe needed on drownings ~ 3 June 2002 (CT Editorial)
Mass Drowning Case... ~ Margo Kingston, 4 June 2002
Defence reviews boat sinking ~ Kirsten Lawson, 5 June 2002 (CT)
If they were dogs or cats ~ Marg Hutton, 6 June 2002 (Blog)
Battle Lines Drawn ~ Margo Kingston, 9 June 2002 (SMH)
Moments of truth... ~ Margo Kingston, 14 June 2002 (SMH)
...Boat sank 'in search area' ~ Margo Kingston, 15 June 2002 (SMH)
PM's people 'knew of danger ship' ~ Mark Forbes, 15 June 2002 (Age)
Interview with Robert Hill ~ Laurie Oakes, 16 June 2002 (Sunday ~ audio)
Hill says govt did not know... ~ Karen Polglaze, 16 June 2002
More Threads in SIEV-X caper ~ Margo Kingston, 16 June 2002 (SMH)
Question on Notice to Senator Hill ~ Senator Bartlett, 16 June 2002 (Hansard)
U-turn on where death boat sank ~ Margo Kingston, 17 June 2002 (SMH)
Liar, Liar! ~ Marg Hutton, 17 June 2002 (blog)
Judge should inquire into drownings ~ Editorial, 17 June 2002 (CT)
Left to drown? ~ Greg Ansley, 17 June 2002, (NZ Herald)
Who named 'SIEVX'? ~ Marg Hutton, 18 June 2002 (blog)
Now the PM's line... is sunk ~ Margo Kingston, 19 June 2002 (SMH)
Boats Failed To Help... ~ Kirsten Lawson, 19 June 2002 (CT)
PM 'misled on boat tragedy' ~ 19 June 2002 (Herald Sun)
Survivor saw ships... ~ Penelope Debelle, 20 June 2002 (SMH)
Defence Force did not search... ~ Margo Kingston, 20 June 2002 (SMH)
Evidence mounts against Hill ~ Kirsten Lawson, 20 June 2002 (CT)
Media influenced PM's boat stance ~ Margo Kingston, 21 June 2002 (SMH)
Probe into doomed boat ~ Mark Forbes, 21 June 2002 (Age)
Coastwatch 'sat on'... warning ~ Cameron Stewart, 21 June 2002 (Aus)
Salvaging the facts from murky depths ~ Tony Kevin, 21 June 2002 (AFR)
Retreat on sinking of... boat ~ Kirsten Lawson, 21 June 2002 (CT)
Words Matter ~ Tracey Bretag, 21 June 2002 (Adelaide Indymedia)
Tragedy of errors ~ Margo Kingston, 22 June 2002 (SMH)
Tragedy's tide turns back on us ~ Cameron Stewart, 22 June 2002 (Aus)
Our humanity sank... ~ Robert Manne, 24 June 2002 (SMH & Age)
353 Unsuccessful Refugee Applications~ Spooner, 24 June 2002 (Age)
The Fog of War ~ Margo Kingston, 25 June 2002 (SMH)
Letters ~ various writers, 25 June 2002 (SMH)
Letter ~ Tony Kevin, 25 June 2002 (Age)
Tragic tale of the SIEV-X ~ Editorial, 25 June 2002 (Age)
There's someone in trouble... ~ Wilcox, 25 June 2002 (Age)
Margo Kingston ~ Late Night Live, 25 June 2002 (ABC edited audio)
The SIEVX-Tragedy... ~ Peter Mac, 26 June 2002 (Guardian CPA)
Letter ~ Tony Kevin, 27 June 2002 (CT)
Cartoon ~ Tandberg, 27 June 2002 (Age)
No aerial surveillance... ~ Margo Kingston, 28 June 2002 (SMH)
Letter ~ Tony Kevin, 28 June 2002 (SMH)
Letter ~ Greg Bowyer, 28 June 2002 (Age)
The Fall Girl (Profile on Jane Halton) ~ Margo Kingston, 29 June 2002 (SMH)
Spy plane patrolled ocean... ~ Cameron Stewart, 29 June 2002 (pp. 1, 4) (Aus)
Spy plane missed doomed boat ~ 29 June 2002 (Age)
Peeling the onion ~ Margot Kingston, 30 June 2002 (SMH)
July 2002
Defence admits it conducted surveillance... ~ Kirsten Lawson, 1 July 2002 (CT)
Navy did all it could for boatpeople:PM ~ Duncan Macfarlane, 1 July 2002 (Aus)
Navy did all it could to find doomed ship: PM ~ Margot Kingston, 1 July 2002 (SMH)
Defence Department Aerial Surveillance Maps ~ Margo Kingston, 1 July 2002 (SMH)
Truth might prove a bitter peel ~ Margo Kingston, 2 July 2002 (SMH)
Bad weather hampered spy plane ~ Cameron Stewart, 2 July 2002 (Aus)
The Truth Is Out There ~ Margo Kingston, 3 July 2002 (SMH)
Fatal delay on boat ~ Cameron Stewart, 3 July 2002 (Aus)
Boatpeople tragedy must be explained ~ Editorial, 3 July 2002 (Aus)
Waiting Game On SIEV-X Saga ~ Margo Kingston, 3 July 2002 (SMH)
Defence thought SIEV-X woud turn back ~ Kirsten Lawson, 6 July 2002 (CT)
Navy warned that doomed boat was overdue ~ Margo Kingston, 6 July 2002 (SMH)
Defence fails to answer questions ~ Kirsten Lawson, 9 July 2002 (CT)
Senate Inquiry Must Uncover the Truth About SIEV X ~ Tony Kevin, 9 July 2002 (CT)
Smugglers known to agents ~ Russell Skelton, 10 July 2002 (Age)
SIEV-X Revisited ~ Margo Kingston, 10 July 2002 (SMH)
SIEV-X Documents ~ Margo Kingston, 10 July 2002 (SMH)
Minister 'has something to hide' ~ 11 July 2002 (Aus)
Inquiry hears Indonesian police told to ignore MOU with Australia ~ 11 July 2002 (ABC)
Plans to extradite boat organiser
~ Linda McSweeny, 11 July 2002 (Aus)
SIEV X Mastermind Could Face Extradition ~ Lateline, 11 July 2002 (ABC)
Organiser of doomed boat faces extradition
~ 12 July 2002 Margo Kingston (SMH)
Patsy not so easily deceived ~ 12 July 2002, Margo Kingston (SMH)
Jakarta froze boat people pact: AFP ~ Kerry Taylor, 12 July 2002 (Age)
Boat deaths: AFP hopes to charge man ~ Kirsten Lawson, 12 July 2002 (CT)
Defence contradicts earlier evidence about refugee boat ~ Kirsten Lawson, 12 July 2002 (CT)
Blockade 'led to drownings' ~ Megan Saunders, 12 July 2002 (Aus)
The telephone call that could have saved 353 lives
~ Russell Skelton, 13 July 2002 (Age)
Survivor Says Ships Just Sailed By ~ Steve Dow, 16 July 2002 (Age)
Demonising the Refugee ~ Harry Throssell, 17 July 2002 (Levellers)
The SIEV-X...drownings - what is the government hiding? ~ Sarah Stephen, 17 July 2002 ~ GLW
Exchange of Correspondence ~ Margo Kingston, 17 July 2002 (SMH)
SIEV-X ~ Dateline, 17 July 2002 (SBS)
Letter to the Australian ~ Diana Greentree, 22 July 2002
SIEV-X: The Warning That Could Have Saved Lives ~ Sarah Stephen, 24 July 2002 (GLW)
Hill Faces Battle In Boat Inquiry ~ Kirsten Lawson, 29 July 2002 (CT)
Whistle-blower Joins Rudd ~ Kirsten Lawson, 29 July 2002 (CT)
Spy Planes Kept in the Dark ~ Cameron Stewart, 29 July 2002 (Aus)
Letters to the Editor ~ various writers, 31 July 2002 (CT)
Boat tragedy prompts new high-level team for Defence ~ Lincoln Wright, 31 July 2002 (CT)
Off The Hook: Inquiry Produced 'big fat nothing' ~ Margo Kingston, 31 July 2002 (SMH)
Labor Backdown Opens Black Hole Of Accountability ~ Margo Kingston, 31 July 2002 (SMH)
Source of false Siev X brief a mystery ~ John Kerin & Patrick Walters, 31 July 2002 (Aus)
August 2002
Navy chief 'faces' overboard probe ~ 2 August 2002 (news.com.au)
Halton proves her mettle... ~ Verona Burgess, 3 August 2002 (CT)
Navy chief breaks silence ~ Cameron Stewart & Simone Pitsis, 3 August 2002 (Aus)
Senate Committee remains interested in Admiral ~ 3 August 2002 (AM ABC)
Solution we paid for in dollars, not sense ~ Ian MacPhee, 5 August 2002 (Aus)
Australia Must Not Ignore Eye-Witness Reports ~ Mary Dagmar Davies, 7 August 2002
The Tragedy of SIEVX ~ Linda Tenenbaum 13-16 August 2002 [part 1, 2, 3, 4] (wsws.org)
Blinkered Approach Rips Families Apart ~ Mike Steketee, 15 August 2002 (Aus)
SMH Connect ~ Margo Kingston, 21 August 2002 (SMH)
God's Decision - The Abu Quassey Story ~ David O'Shea, 21 August 2002 (Dateline)
People Smuggler in Indon Court ~ Catharine Munro, 21 August, 2002 (Ad Adv)
The Story of SIEV X ~ Tony Kevin, 24 August 2002 (Tampa One Year On Conference)
No Turning Back ~ Michael Gordon, 24 August 2002 (Age)
Compassion & Deceny Lost At Sea ~ Alison Broinowski, 26 August 2002 (Aus)
Ruddock backs Tampa Stance ~ Mark Phillips, 26 August 2002 (Aus)
SIEV-X: Mystery Unsolved ~ Margo Kingston, 26 August 2002 (SMH)
Take a Stand! ~ Margo Kingston, 27 August 2002 (SMH)
The Five Mysteries of SIEV X ~ Ghassan Nakhoul, 28 August 2002 (English transcript of SBS Radio/Arabic program)
Puffing the Greens ~ Margo Kingston, 29 August 2002 (SMH)
September 2002
The Federal Police and People Smugglers ~ Ross Coulthart, 1 September 2002 (Sunday)
Call for enquiry into Federal Police ~ 1 September 2002 (Aus)
Ross Coulthart & Tony Kevin ~ Phillip Adams, 2 September 2002 (LNL)
The Leeway Party ~ Margo Kingston, 2 September 2002 (SMH)
Agents 'sank refugees boats' ~ Jim Dickins, 3 September 2002 (Ad Ad)
SIEV-X: The case for concern ~ Margo Kingston, 6 September 2002 (SMH)
Refugee drownings: Labor sabotages inquiry ~ Sarah Stephen, 11 September 2002 (GLW)
No Reason For Switch Of Play In Defence ~ Verona Burgess, 15 September 2002 (CT)
Crucial Evidence on SIEV X Still Wanted ~ Kirsten Lawson, 16 September 2002 (CT)
Australian Federal Police Implicated In People Smuggling ~ Sarah Stephen, 18 September 2002 (GLW)
Ruddock 'knew where boat sank' ~ Cameron Stewart, 20 September 2002 (Aus)
Notes contradict PM on boat tragedy ~ Michael Gordon, 20 September 2002 (Age)
SIEV-X: Another Bombshell ~ Margo Kingston, 20 September 2002 (SMH)
Debating SIEV-X ~ Margo Kingston, 23 September 2002 (SMH)
Safety Of Crowded Boat Not Considered ~ Sophie Douez, 25 September 2002 (Age)
Spies Picked Up Reports... ~ Cameron Stewart, 25 September 2002 (Aus)
Labor asks: was Siev X sabotaged? ~ Cameron Stewart, 26 September 2002 (Aus)
Questions About Australian Sabotage ~ Linda Mottram, 26 September 2002 (ABC)
Serious Questions About Fight Against People Smugglesr ~ Mark Colvin, 26 September 2002 (PM)
Faulkner's SIEV-X Sizzle ~ Margo Kingston, 26 September 2002 (SMH)
Faulkner Questions Govt Over Boat Sabotage ~ Tony Jones, 26 September 2002 (Lateline)
Govt Not Clear of Boat Sabotage Claims: Diplomat ~ AAP, 26 September 2002 (Age)
Faulkner Rocks The Boat Over Sabotage Allegations ~ Cynthia Banham, 27 September 2002 (SMH)
Angry Police Hit Death Boat Claims ~ Sophie Douez, 27 September 2002 (Age)
Stung by growing evidence of SIEV X malpractices, government senators launch baseless personal attacks... ~ Tony Kevin, 27 September 2002 (Press Release)
Troubling Questions on SIEV X ~ Tony Kevin, 27 September 2002 (CT)
Clear The Air On SIEV-X Sinking ~ Editorial, 28 September 2002 (SMH)
Hark To The War Cry and a New World Disorder ~ Mike Carlton, 28 September 2002 (SMH)
We Must Keep Asking Questions On SIEV X ~ Tony Kevin, 28 September 2002 (CT)
Robert Hill Interview ~ Laurie Oakes, 29 September 2002 (Sunday)
Overview of Investigations into AFP & Kevin John Enniss ~ Ross Coulthart, 29 September 2002 (Sunday)
Australia's Pacific Solution ~ Sarah Macdonald, 29 September 2002 (BBC)
October 2002
SIEV-X: One Year On ~ Margo Kingston, 3 October 2002 (SMH)
SIEVX ~ Sarah Stephen, 3 October 2002 (public talk)
Senate Committee to Push For Boat Inquiry ~ Russell Skelton, 7 October 2002 (Age)
Transcript of Julie McCrossin's interview with Tony Kevin ~ 11 October 2002 (Life Matters, ABC)
SIEV X Denial Unconvincing ~ Ron Chapman (Letter), 11 October 2002 (CT)
Playing Fair With Asylum Seekers ~ Marilyn Shepherd (Letter), 11 October 2002 (CT Online)
Dangerous Secrets ~ Marilyn Shepherd (Letter), 13 October 2002 (Age)
Remember SIEVX ~ Garry Bickley (letter), 15 October 2002 (CT)
Spare a thought for another disaster ~ Kay Kan (Letter), 16 October 2002 (AFR)
Flowers Cast Into the Sea ~ 16 October 2002, (Bay Post-Star)
A Weekend of national mourning ~ Mary D Davies (letter), 16 October 2002 (Project Safecom)
Transcript of Annie Hastwell's Interview with Tony Kevin ~ 18 October 2002 (Radio Adelaide)
So bigotry becomes us? ~ Phillip Adams, 19 October 2001, (Aus)
Who Sank The Death Ship? ~ Simone Ritchie, 19 October 2002 (Sydney Indymedia)
Tribute to 353 who died ~ Georgia Curry, 20 October 2002 (CT)
Australian police agents involved in sabotage of refugee boats ~ Richard Phillips & Linda Tenenbaum, 21 October 2002 (WSWS)
Refugees also victims of terror, says Bartlett ~ Adrian McGregor, 21 October 2002 (Aus)
Questions still loom over boat sinking ~ Bob Burton, 22 October 2002 (Asia Times)
Defence forces off the hook on Siev X ~ Cameron Stewart, 22 October 2002, (Aus)
Letter to Australian Senators regarding Inquiry into SIEV-X incident ~ Dr Sue Wareham, 22 October 2002 (MAPW.org.au)
SIEV X inquiry to slate Reith and Barrie ~ Kirsten Lawson, 23 October 2002 (CT)
Defence Problems Fixed Says Hill ~ Meaghan Shaw & Mark Forbers, 23 October 2002 (Age)
Government Braces For Children Overboard Report ~ Mark Phillips, 23 October 2002 (Aus)
Children Overboard Inquiry ~ Linda Mottram, 23 October 2002 (AM)
Children Overboard Report to be released today ~ Senator Andrew Bartlett, 23 October 2002 (Media Release)
SCRAP IT! Pacific Solution costly and dangerous ~ 23 October 2002 (Dems Press Release)
Doorstop Interview ~ John Faulkner, 23 October 2002
Labor's Latest Travesty ~ Margo Kingston, 23 October 2002 (SMH Web Diary)
Testament to Cowardice ~ Margo Kingston, 23 October 2002 (SMH Web Diary)
Reith accused of deliberate deception ~ Fran Kelly, 23 October 2002 (7.30 Report)
Interview with Tony Kevin ~ Mary Kostakidis, 23 October 2002 (SBS News)
Report backs navy on "silent" disaster ~ Brendan Nicholson, 24 October 2002 (Age)
Reith did lie, inquiry finds ~ Kirsten Lawson, 24 October 2002 (CT)
Questions Rise over Operations against Asylum Seekers ~ Bob Burton, 24 October 2002 (TerraViva Europe)
Web Diary Watch ~ David Davis, 25 October 2002 (in Margo's Web Diary)
Intelligence of a Leaky SIEV ~ Cameron Stewart, 26 October 2002 (Aus)
No flowers beyond the border of compassion ~ Joanne Murray-Smith, 27 October 2002 (Age)
Refugee Boat Tragedy Retold in Film ~ Larry Schwartz, 27 October 2002 (Age)
Secret File: Operation Relex ~ 28 October 2002 (SMH)
Damaging documents withheld or censored ~ Marian Wilkinson, 28 October 2002 (SMH)
Unanswered Questions ~ Editorial, 29 October 2002 (CT)
353 deaths overshadowed by child that wasn't thrown ~ Editorial, 30 October 2002 (GLW)
November 2002
OK, I do apologise over SIEVX
~ Tony Kevin, 2 November 2002 (Letter - CT)
Senator Faulkner discusses 'A Certain Maritime Incident' ~ 6 November 2002 (LNL)
How we stopped the refugee flow ~ Ron Chapman, 8 November 2002 (CT Online Your Say)
SIEVX ~ Peter Funnell, 12 November 2002 (CT Online Your Say)
Keelty Seeks Immunity From Boat Questions ~ Kirsten Lawson, 22 November 2002 (CT)
Federal Police quiet over tracking of asylum boats ~ Annabel Crabb, 23 November 2002 (Age)
Federal Police won't talk tracking devices... ~ Cynthia Banham, 23 November 2002 (SMH)
No Surveillance On SIEVX; Keelty ~ Sophie Morris, 23 November 2002 (Aus)
Judicial Inquiry needed: Diplomat ~ Nikki Todd, 26 November 2002 (AAP)
Democrats To Move Motion On SIEVX ~ Nikki Todd, 26 November 2002 (AAP)
Australians Do Care ~ Claire Bruhns, 27 November 2002 (CT Online Your Say)
December 2002
Major New SIEV X Challenges ~ Tony Kevin, 2 December 2002 (Media Release)
SIEV X: Not the News ~ Margo Kingston, 9 December 2002 (SMH Web Diary)
Diplomat Questions Moves... ~ 9 December 2002 (ABC)
Senate Moves On Disruption Program ~ Kirsten Lawson, 10 December 2002 (CT)
Warrant Out For People Smuggler ~ Cynthia Banham, 10 December 2002 (SMH)
Senate To Call For Smuggling Inquiry ~ Meaghan Shaw, 10 December 2002 (Age)
By Invitation Only - Australian Asylum Policy ~ December 2002 (Human Rights Watch)
Government's version of events... springs more leaks ~ 10 December 2002 (Dems Press Release)
Steady Soaking Rain ~ Margo Kingston, 11 December 2002 (Web Diary)
Doubts Fester on Justice for Drowned Asylum Seekers ~ Bob Burton, 11 December 2002
Senate wants smuggler action ~ Linda McSweeny, 11 December 2002 (Aus)
Our values: Crean -v- Howard and Carr ~ Margo Kingston, 13 December 2002 (Web Diary)
Rocking The Boat~ Cameron Stewart, 14 December 2002 (Weekend Aus)
SIEV-X: Crunch Time ~ Margo Kingston, 14 December 2002 (Web Diary)
People-Smuggler To Elude Murder Charge ~ Annabel Crabb, 14 December 2002 (Age)
Extract of interview with John Faulkner ~ Terry Lane, 15 December 2002 (National Interest)
Sabotage concerns about SIEV X ~ Kirsten Lawson, 15 December 2002 (CT)
Where have all the flowers gone? ~ Margo Kingston, 16 December 2002 (Web Diary)
Smoke & Mirrors Conceals Machinery of Death... ~ Caron Eliot, 16 December 2002 (AusNews)
Assessment of SIEVX Sinking Position ~ Professor Matthias Tomczak, 18 December 2002
People smuggler unlikely to be extradited to Australia ~ Peter Mares, 19 December 2002 (Asia Pacific)
The ghosts of prejudices past ~ Rosemary O'Neill, 20 December 2002 (Aus)
Fran Kelly on SIEVX ~ Terry Lane, 22 December 2002 (Nat. Int.)
The Human Tide ~ Ghassan Nakhoul, Summer 2003 (Walkley Magazine)
Democrats urge more pressure on Indonesia ~ 28 December 2002 (Age)
Horror nearer home ~ Jack Waterford, 28 December 2002 (CT)
Vow to hunt man behind death voyage ~ Mark Metherell, 30 December 2002 (SMH)
Tony Kevin Interview (audio) Nell Schofield, 30 December 2002 (RN Breakfast)
Pursuit of people smuggler to go on ~ Josh Gordon, 30 December 2002 (Age)
People Smuggler Action Urged ~ 30 December 2002 (AAP)
Vow to pursue people smuggler ~ Kirsten Lawson, 31 December 2002 (CT)
January 2003
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June 2003
July 2003
SIEVX letters ~ Tony Kevin & Kay Kan, 2 July 2003 (SMH)
Sinking seen as conspiracy ~ Nick Higgins, 3 July 2003 (Albury Border Mail)
New holes in SIEVX Story ~ Tony Kevin, 17 July 2003 (CT)
Were you too high above the clouds to see them? ~ Margo Kingston, 17 July 2003 (Web Diary)
Questions on Notice to AFP, Navy and RAAF Maritime Patrol Group ~ Senator Collins, 17 July 2003
Fresh doubts on refugee tragedy ~ Mark Phillips, 21 July 2003 (Courier Mail)
Howard's disruption programme ~ Senator John Faulkner, 23 July 2003 (SMH Web Diary)
Faulkner returns to SIEVX ~ 24 July 2003
AFP keeps an eye on SIEVX website ~ Kate MacKenzie, 30 July 2003 (Australian)
AFP admits monitoring SIEVX website ~ Hamish Fitzsimmons, 30 July 2003 (AM)
Govt implicated in SIEV-X sinking ~ 30 July 2003 (Age)
AFP - Credibility Overboard ~ Marg Hutton, 31 July 2003 (CT Online forum)
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