Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet Email Traffic

A volume of email traffic relevant to the CMI Committee's terms of reference for selected periods in 2001 and 2002 was received by the Committee on 14 August 2002.

In the covering letter to the Committee from the Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet, the reasons for the deletions in the emails are explained.

The complete volume contains 123 items.

Extracted here are scans and some transcripts of what I judge to be the most significant items in regard to the SIEVX Affair:

  • Covering Letter to CMI Committee http://sievx.com/documents/PMandCEmailTraffic_CoveringLetter.html

  • Item 2 - Briggs to Edwards, 'FW:here tis', 31 August 2001
    (Attachment not provided on grounds WD - final draft at No.4)

  • Item 3 - Briggs to Edwards, 'DRAFT LETTER TO MAX', 1 September 2001
    (Attachment not provided on grounds WD - final draft at No.4)

  • Item 4 - Briggs to Edwards, 'FW: LATEST DRAFTS OF REVIEW', 2 September 2001

  • Item 8 - Edwards to Halton, 'FW: XMT ALERT', 4 September 2001

  • Item 24 - Davidson to Halton, et al 'FW: retry of documents', 8 September 2001
    [p1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
    (Attachment 1 - SEARCH AND RESCUE ARRANGEMENTS: p1 deletion on grounds DIR, pp2-3 deletions on grounds WPI.)

  • Item 25 - Edwards to Zanker, 'SAR', 10 September 2001
    (Deletion on grounds DIR)

  • Item 26 - Zanker to Edwards, 'Re:SAR', 11 September 2001
    (p1 only) (Deletion on grounds DIR Attachment: not provided on grounds LPP)

  • Item 29 - Edwards to Sidhu & Stephen-Smith, 'FW: SEARCH AND RESCUE PAPER', 11 September 2001
    [p1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
    (Attachment: pp.1-2 deletions on grounds DIR, pp.2-5 deletions on grounds DIR and WPI)

  • Item 34 - Davidson to Stephen-Smith, 'SEARCH AND RESCUE IN INDONESIAN SAR ZONE: OPTIONS', 14 September 2001 (p1 of Attachment 2 only)
    ( Attachment 2 - TAMPA summary; p.1 deletion para 2 on grounds DIR, deletion para 6 on grounds P...)

  • Item 76 - Davidson to Halton, 'Ltr from CEO AMSA re review of procedures followed by Aust. authorities for vessels in distress within Indonesian SRR', 15 October 2001
    (Attachment: p.2 deletions on grounds DIR)

  • Item 81 - Metcalfe to Farmer, Templeton, Duffield, Ingram & Halton, 'Re: Boat lost at sea - Reply forwarded', 24 October 2001
    (p.1 deletion on grounds DIR, p.2 deletions on grounds P; p.3 deletions on grounds C and P)

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