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Topic: Christmas Island boat crash
As the death toll among asylum seekers making their way to Australia by sea climbs to 400 in the past three years, authorities should reform their operational protocols, writes <b>Tony Kevin</b>.

How authorities decide to rescue asylum seekers … or not

Asia-Pacific

Jul 13, 2012

6

A year on from Australia’s deadliest shipwreck since 1890, we revisited our editorial from December 2010, written, as our opening line states, as they were "still pulling bodies from the water", as pieces of SIEV221 splintered across the rocks of Christmas Island.

A failure of imagination

Crikey Says

Dec 15, 2011

3

One year on: reflecting on the Christmas Island boat tragedy

Federal

Dec 15, 2011

We were all collectively horrified by the Christmas Island boat tragedy last December. All sides of politics had the good sense, and the decency, to say so. And now along comes Opposition immigration spokesperson Scott Morrison...

Lay off it, Scott Morrison

Crikey Says

Feb 15, 2011

35

Questions have been raised about the preparedness of Australian Navy and Customs personnel in responding to last Wednesday's Christmas Island asylum-seeker boat wreck.

Were Customs and the Navy ready for Christmas Island rescue?

Federal

Dec 22, 2010

20

Vivid images of the wrecked boat sinking off the cliffs of Christmas Island provided a stark picture of the desperate, and often futile, measures people will go to to flee persecution. But quick as a flash, even as survivors were being pulled out of the water, media commentators from both sides of politics were searching for someone to blame over the tragedy.

And the Wankley goes to… the fastest fingers in town

News

Dec 17, 2010

2

Crikey readers have their say.

Tragedy at Christmas Island

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

Dec 17, 2010

6

Sometimes it's easier to get a clear picture of things from some distance away...

Crikey says: the long view lens…

Crikey Says

Dec 17, 2010

2

Australian authorities were repeatedly warned over a lack of health services on Christmas Island to deal with a disaster in the mould of yesterday's boat tragedy, which has claimed the lives of at least 28 people.

Is Christmas Island prepared for boat tragedy?

Federal

Dec 16, 2010

92

They're still pulling bodies from the water.

Crikey says: press pause

Crikey Says

Dec 16, 2010

2

<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: A boat carrying up to 100 asylum seekers crashed into cliffs at Christmas Island in terrible weather yesterday, killing 28 people, including women and children. It's a heartbreaking tale, with Christmas Island locals providing distressing first-person accounts.

Asylum seeker boat crash at Christmas Island

Federal

Dec 16, 2010

20

Julia Gillard in damage control

Federal

Dec 16, 2010

There are 12 articles in Christmas Island boat crash