Editing Children Overboard affair (section)

==Background==
In the early afternoon of 6 October 2001, [[HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)|HMAS ''Adelaide'']] intercepted a southbound wooden-hulled vessel, designated SIEV 4 ([[Suspected Irregular Entry Vessel]]), carrying 223 passengers and crew, {{convert|100|nmi|km|-1}} north of [[Christmas Island]], and the vessel then sank.<ref name=chapter3>[http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/maritime_incident_ctte/report/c03.htm Majority Report – Chapter 3 – The 'Children Overboard' Incident: Events and Initial Report], Select Committee on A Certain Maritime Incident, 23 October 2002 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917132553/http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/maritime_incident_ctte/report/c03.htm |date=17 September 2007 }}</ref> The next day, which was the day before the issue of [[Writ of election|writs]] for the 2001 federal election,<ref name=AEC_Writs_2001>[http://aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/hodate.htm Election Dates (1901 to Present) – House of Representatives], Australian Electoral Commission</ref> Immigration Minister [[Philip Ruddock]] announced that passengers of SIEV 4 had threatened to throw children overboard. This claim was later repeated by other [[Cabinet of Australia|senior government ministers]] including Defence Minister [[Peter Reith]] and Prime Minister Howard.<ref name='Insight20011108'>{{ cite news
 |title=John Howard Interview
 |author=Jenny Brockie
 |author-link=Jenny Brockie
 |work=[[Insight (Australian TV program)|Insight]]
 |publisher=SBS
 |date=8 November 2001
 |url=http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/trans.php?transid=317
 |accessdate=20 September 2007
 |url-status=dead
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830082852/http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/trans.php?transid=317
 |archivedate=30 August 2007
 |df=dmy
}}
</ref><ref name='Senate_MainReport_ExecSumm'>{{cite web
 |date= 23 October 2002
 |title= Majority Report – Executive Summary, Select Committee on A Certain Maritime Incident
 |publisher= Parliament of Australia
 |accessdate= 17 January 2014
 |url= http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/maritime_incident_ctte/report/a06.htm
 |url-status= dead
 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110112120215/http://aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/maritime_incident_ctte/report/a06.htm
 |archivedate= 12 January 2011
}}
</ref>