A Certain Maritime Incident: The Sinking of SIEV X

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In October 2001, over 400 asylum-seekers departed from Indonesia in a grossly overcrowded, rickety boat bound for Australia. Somewhere between the two countries the boat sank, with a huge loss of life - 353 of the asylum seekers drowned. To what extent was Australia implicated in the sinking of the SIEV X Which members of the Australian government, defense force and intellegence services had information which could have prevented the disaster The SIEV X affair has sparked a struggle in Australia between a national security system that has closed ranks and a few courageous individuals who are determined to get at the truth - among whom the most notable is the author of this book, Tony Kevin. As he argues in this controversial book, nothing less than a full-powers inquiry into the sinking of SIEV X will suffice if Australia is to regain its national honour.

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Tony Kevin served in the Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister's departments over a 30-year period, and was Australia's ambassador to Poland and Cambodia. His other award-winning book is A Certain Maritime Incident- The Sinking of SIEV X (Scribe 2004).