- Sinking of the Malu Sara -

Here is a selection of my publications. Click on the title to view the whole text, or chose a category on the left.

  • Short-sighted coastal radar junked
    15.03.2007
    MILLION radar system that the Howard Government promised would help to protect Australia's borders has been scrapped because it cannot detect the type of boats used by poachers and people-smugglers. The closure of the radar facility on Pumpkin Island... read more
  • Sunk immigration boat `a floating death trap'
    26.02.2007
    THE Immmigration Department vessel Malu Sara, which sank with the loss of five lives in the Torres Strait in October 2005, was ``a death trap in which those aboard did not stand a chance''. Boating magazine publisher Peter Webster said the Australian... read more
  • Lost at Sea - Malu Sara
    24.02.2007
    WOULD OUR GOVERNMENT ALLOW PEOPLE TO DROWN IN BOATS IT PROVIDED? IF FACTS ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE VESSEL MALU SARA IN 2005 ARE ACCURATE, THEN APPARENTLY IT WOULD. THE QUEENSLAND CORONER IS ABOUT TO INVESTIGATE. TONY KOCH REPORTS A FEW minutes after... read more
  • Official left SOS for date with wife
    24.02.2007
    THE top Immigration Department official on Thursday Island left a junior officer to monitor a stricken vessel in the treacherous Torres Strait because he had to take his wife to dinner at the local lawn bowls club. At 4pm on October 14, 2005, Garry... read more
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