Footnotes

Preface

[1]        Sergeant Peter Swann, Officer in Charge Christmas Island, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 17.

[2]        Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 2.

[3]        Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 3.

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1] House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 29, 2 March 2011, pp 380–381; Journals of the Senate, No. 22 March 2011, pp 652–653.

[2]        Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Submission 4, p. 4.

[3]        Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, pp 1–2.

[4]        The Emergency Management Committee agreed that Ethel beach should be used only in daylight emergencies.

[5]        For a full description of the Department's response and current status, refer to the updated attachment B to the Department's submission, tabled as additional information at the committee's hearing on 27 May 2010.

[6]        Mrs Marion Grant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 42.

Chapter 2 - Chronology of events

[1]        Bureau of Meteorology, Submission 20, p. 5.

[2]        Mrs Marion Grant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 42.

[3]        Mrs Marion Grant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 42.

[4]        AFP, Submission 7, p. 8.

[5]        AFP, Submission 7, p. 8.

[6]        Air Commodore Brown, ADF, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 46

[7]        Lieutenant General Hurley, ADF, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 46.

[8]        For further details of the trial currently underway, please refer to paragraphs 1.43 to 1.51.

[9]        Customs, Submission 8, Part 2, paragraph 214.

[10]      Customs, Submission 8 Part 2, paragraph 219.

[11]      Customs, Submission 8, Part 3, p. 26.

Chapter 3 - The response to the tragedy

[1]        Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 21.

[2]        Superintendent Gavan Ryan, International Deployment Group, Australian Federal Police, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 4.

[3]        Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 21.

[4]        AFP correspondence to Committee Secretary, received 20 June 2011.

[5]        Mr Raymond Murray, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 35.

[6]        Mr Raymond Murray, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 35.

[7]        Mr Gordon Thomson, Shire President, Shire of Christmas Island and Union of Christmas Island Workers, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 10.

[8]        Mr Raymond Murray, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 35.

[9]        Mr Julian Yates, First Assistant Secretary, Territories, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 26.

[10]      Mr Julian Yates, First Assistant Secretary, Territories, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 24. See also Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Submission 4, Attachment.

[11]      Sergeant Peter Swann, Officer in Charge, Christmas Island, Australian Federal Police, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 25.

[12]      Statement reprinted in Submission 20, pp 5–6.

[13]      Mr Zhong Xiong (Chris) Su, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 33.

[14]      Dr Ling Yoong, Area Medical Director, International Health and Medical Services, Christmas Island, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 17.

[15]      Mr Brian Lacy, Administrator, Indian Ocean Territories, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 8.

[16]      Mr Julian Yates, First Assistant Secretary, Territories, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 17.

[17]      Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone, Commanding Officer, HMAS Pirie, Navy, ADF, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 7.

[18]      Indications of the actual time of impact vary due to those present being focused on the rescue. See Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, pp 5–6.

[19]      See Customs' SIEV 221 Internal Review, indicating that numerous reports of the impact existed from 6:29am, Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 21.

[20]      Mr Brian Lacy, Administrator, Indian Ocean Territories, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 8.

[21]      See chapter 2, paragraphs 2.14 to 2.19.

[22]      Customs' SIEV 221 Internal Review, indicating that numerous reports of the impact existed from 6:29am, Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 1.

[23]      Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 20.

[24]      Mr Myles Pickett, District Manager, Christmas Island, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 6.

[25]      Superintendent Gavan Ryan, International Deployment Group,AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 14.

[26]      Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 21.

[27]      Mr Mathew Saunders, Customs Supervisor, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 12.

[28]      AFP correspondence to Committee Secretary, 20 June 2011.

[29]      Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 21.

[30]      Mr Mathew Saunders, Customs Supervisor, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 5.

[31]      Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 22.

[32]      Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone, Commanding Officer, HMAS Pirie, Navy, ADF, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 5.

[33]      Ms Marion Grant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 40.

[34]      Lieutenant General David Hurley, Vice Chief, ADF, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 43.

[35]      Mr Julian Yates, First Assistant Secretary, Territories, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 20.

[36]      See for example 'Two boats unseaworthy for rescue, inquest told,' West Australian, 26 May 2011, p. 12.

[37]      Ms Belinda Moss, Assistant Secretary, Territories, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 22.

[38]      See Mr Andrew Colvin, Deputy Commissioner Operations, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 43, and Mr Julian Yates, First Assistant Secretary, Territories, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, pp 19, 21.

[39]      Correspondence from Mr Graham Peachey, CEO, AMSA, received 15 June 2011, paragraph 32.

[40]      Customs, SIEV 221 Internal Review, Submission 8, p. 24. See also AFP, Submission 7, p. 3.

[41]      AFP, Submission 7, p. 3.

[42]      Mr James Watson, Australian Peace and Stability Operations Centre, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 24.

[43]      Mr Gordon Thomson, Shire President, Shire of Christmas Island and Union of Christmas Island Workers, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 12.

[44]      Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Robert Livingstone, Commanding Officer of the HMAS Pirie, Navy, ADF, and Mrs Marion Grant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 23.

[45]      Mrs Marion Grant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 23.

[46]      Correspondence to Committee Secretary, received 20 June 2011.

[47]      Mrs Marion Grant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 42.

Chapter 4 - After-incident support for survivors, residents and Commonwealth officers

[1]        Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 2; Mr Peter Richards, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 29.

[2]        Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 3.

[3]        Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 3.

[4]        Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 3.

[5]        Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 3.

[6]        Mr Ian Southerton, Operations Manager, Serco, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 16.

[7]        Dr Ling Yoong, Area Medical Director, International Health and Medical Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 15.

[8]        Dr Julie Graham, Director of Public Health and Medicine, IOTHS, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 24.

[9]        Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 4.

[10]      DIAC, answer to question on notice, 27 May 2011 (received 20 June 2011).

[11]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 6.

[12]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 4.

[13]      Dr Ling Yoong, Area Medical Director, International Health and Medical Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 15.

[14]      Dr Ling Yoong, Area Medical Director, International Health and Medical Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 16.

[15]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 4.

[16]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 5.

[17]      Dr Ling Yoong, Area Medical Director, International Health and Medical Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 15.

[18]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 6.

[19]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 5.

[20]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 5.

[21]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 5.

[22]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 3.

[23]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 5.

[24]      Mr Ian Southerton, Operations Manager, Serco, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 19.

[25]      Mr Ian Southerton, Operations Manager, Serco, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 19.

[26]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 3.

[27]      CARAD, Submission 5, p. 3.

[28]      Ms Rosemary Hudson Miller, Chairperson, CARAD, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 13.

[29]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 3.

[30]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 5.

[31]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 5.

[32]      Ms Michelle Dimasi, Director, Asylum Seekers Christmas Island, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, pp 6–8.

[33]      Ms Michelle Dimasi, Director, Asylum Seekers Christmas Island, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 7.

[34]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 3.

[35]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 6.

[36]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 4.

[37]      Mr John Moorhouse, Deputy Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, pp 30–31.

[38]      Mr Andrew Colvin, Deputy Commissioner Operations, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 52.

[39]      Mr Andrew Colvin, Deputy Commissioner Operations, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 52.

[40]      Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 6.

[41]      Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 7.

[42]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 6.

[43]      CARAD, Submission 5, p. 2; Ms Rosemary Hudson Miller, Chairperson, CARAD, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, pp 12–13.

[44]      Mr Andrew Colvin, Deputy Commissioner Operations, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 49.

[45]      Mr Andrew Colvin, Deputy Commissioner Operations, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 49.

[46]      CARAD, Submission 5, pp 1– 2; Ms Rosemary Hudson Miller, Chairperson, CARAD, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, pp 12–13.

[47]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 11.

[48]      Ms Janet Mackin, Branch Head, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 7.

[49]      Ms Janet Mackin, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, pp. 7–8.

[50]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 7.

[51]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 7; AFP, Submission 7, p. 5.

[52]      Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 5.

[53]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 8.

[54]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 7.

[55]      Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 5.

[56]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 7.

[57]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 7.

[58]      Ms Michelle Dimasi, Director, Asylum Seekers Christmas Island, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 4.

[59]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 11.

[60]      Mr John Moorhouse, Deputy Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 30.

[61]      Ms Janet Mackin, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 32.

[62]      Mr Noel Clement, Head of Australian Services, Australian Red Cross, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 2; Ms Michelle Dimasi, Director, ASCI, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 May 2011, p. 5.

[63]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011,         pp 1–2.

[64]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 2; see also, Mr Brian Lacy, Administrator Christmas Island, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 3.

[65]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 2.

[66]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 2.

[67]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 9.

[68]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 9.

[69]      Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 5.

[70]      DIAC, answer to question on notice, 16 June 2011 (provided 21 June 2011).

[71]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 9.

[72]      Ms Allison Millcock, Submission 21 Attachment, see Attachment 2.

[73]      For more information on the topic see Robert J. Ursano, James E.McCarroll and Carol S. Fullerton, 'Traumatic death in terrorism and disasters. The effects on post-traumatic stress and behaviour', in Robert J. Ursano, James E.McCarroll and Carol S. Fullerton, Terrorism and Disaster, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

[74]      See Dr Julie Graham, Director of Public Health and Medicine for the Indian Ocean Territories Health Service, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 25, and Ms Leslie Heath, Acting Manager, Indian Ocean Territories Health Service, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 27.

[75]      Mr Gordon Thomson, Shire President, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 11.

[76]      Mr Brian Lacy, Administrator, Indian Ocean Territories, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 2. The notice in question was tabled at a public hearing; see Department of Regional Australia, Additional Information, 7 June 2011.

[77]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 9.

[78]      Dr Julie Graham, Director of Public Health and Medicine for the Indian Ocean Territories Health Service, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 27.

[79]      Mr Brian Lacy, Administrator, Indian Ocean Territories, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 2.

[80]      Mr Gordon Thomson, Shire President, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 11.

[81]      Mr Zhong Xiong (Chris) Su, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 32.

[82]      Dr Julie Graham, Director of Public Health and Medicine for the Indian Ocean Territories Health Service, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 26.

[83]      Ms Catherine Wildermuth, Director, Indian Ocean Territories Administration, Territories West, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 26.

[84]      Dr Julie Graham, Director of Public Health and Medicine for the Indian Ocean Territories Health Service, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 27.

[85]      Mr Zhong Xiong (Chris) Su, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 31.

[86]      Mr Zhong Xiong (Chris) Su, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, pp 31–32.

[87]      Ms Fiona Andrew, Assistant Secretary, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 June 2011, p. 2.

[88]      See Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, pp 4–5.

[89]      Ms Allison Millcock, Submission 21, p. 1.

[90]      Correspondence to Committee Secretary, 20 June 2011.

[91]      Dr Ling Yoong, IHMS, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 19; Dr Julie Graham, Director of Public Health and Medicine, IOTHS, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 24; and Mr Ian Southerton, Operations Manager, Serco, Proof Committee Hansard,                    7 June 2011, p. 19

[92]      Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 3.

[93]      Customs, Submission 8, SIEV 221 Internal Review, p. 27.

[94]      Customs, Submission 8, SIEV 221 Internal Review, p. 26.

[95]      Customs, Submission 8, SIEV 221 Internal Review, p. 26.

[96]      Customs, Submission 8, SIEV 221 Internal Review, p. 26.

[97]      Customs, Submission 8, SIEV 221 Internal Review, p. 26.

[98]      Mr Myles Pickett, District Manager Christmas Island, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 17.

[99]      Ms Marion Grant, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customs, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 17.

[100]    Customs, Submission 8, SIEV 221 Internal Review, p. 44.

[101]    Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 7.

[102]    Australian Federal Police, Submission 7, p. 7.

[103]    Sergeant Peter Swann, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 17.

[104]    Superintendent Gavin Ryan, AFP, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, pp 17–18.

[105]    Australian Defence Force, Submission 19, p. 9.

[106]    Customs, Submission 8, SIEV 221 Internal Review, p. 26.

[107]    Lieutenant Commander Livingstone, ADF, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2011, p. 18.

[108]    Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Submission 9, p. 9.

[109]    Dr Ling Yoong, Area Medical Director, International Health and Medical Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 17.

Additional Comments - Senator Crossin

[1]        Mr Brian Lacy, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, pp 3–4.

[2]        Additional information, tabled 27 May 2011.

[3]        Mr Chris Su, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 33.

[4]        Mr Brian Lacy, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 June 2011, p. 7.

[5]        Mr Gordon Thomson, Proof Committee Hansard,7 June 2011, p. 12.