Updates on Elly’s investigation
The family updates were too long as it’s spans over 8 years so I am now only keeping around the last two years of updates on here and the rest is in my personal file.
Recently added 22/07/2025 I have just updated my report on the coroner’s findings in an easier systematic order to follow. Theses are the relevant points of refence from the Coroner’s findings in more detail and charily insuring all the relevant facts are mentioned which were overlooked or not explained fully in the coroners findings. This makes it easier to follow and evaluate the factual evidence. Note ; Still working on this as its work in progress.
16/6/2025 recently Blog added : The Facts behind the scenes around the Cover-Up Deception of the Australian Federal Police, DFAT’s Honorary Consul and Mozambique Police in “November 2016”. New factual report added in search for the truth. This report uncovers the Mozambique cover-up only a few days after Elly’s death and the attempt of the Australia Authorities to keep the Mozambique police cover-up quit. The supporting evidence is attached to the report to support these facts.
Update letter sent to Jodie Belyea my local MP asking for the Government to act and send the MAR for the Mozambique casefile;-
latest update letters from Jodie Belyea MP and Australian Attorney General The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC Mp. These letters are very disappointing and proves they just don’t care. ( See website Correspondence letter dates 4/03/25 Attorney general, 17/03/25 Jodie Belyea MP letter and my reply letter on the 24/03/25).
Laos tragedy and the Australian authorities and Government is all smoke and mirrors;-
I have posted this on Facebook below 7/02/25 as it concerns the Families with the Laos tragedy and it’s all Deja vu with my daughters case. In fact I have just recently contacted Jodie Belyea MP who has sent a letter to our Attorney general asking after 8 years to send the official Mutual Assistance Request (MAR) for the Mozambique case file as the MAR has different powers with the Exchange of Evidence is one of these powers assistance is another.
I can now confirm that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have not initially sent the Official Mutual assistance request (MAR) when asking the Laos government to offer their assistance. This is not surprising with my past experience with the AFP. The AFP and Australian Government are aware of the official (MAR) process to offer our assistance, which is the only official method other countries will take seriously.
You see I have an official letter dated 19/06/2023 to the coroner from the Deputy Mozambique Attorney general stating they will ONLY except the Official MAR. This is how much the Moz/Gov respected this official process. The Mozambique Deputy Attorney general also informs the AFP in person at a meeting in Maputo that their police continue to treat Elly Warren’s death as a Homicide in May 2023.
Our Attorney General is keeping out of it as know one has asked him about the official protocols for sending an official request to another country for the AFP to offer our assistance.
Now you may say this is what Moz/Gov wanted and this is the Laos Government however what everyone is not aware of is the MAR was implemented for this reason only so ALL countries around the world can use this official MAR to offer assistance.
The question here which needs to be asked of the AFP and our Attorney General is has Australia asked the Laos Government officially by sending the MAR and if not why not? Are they pulling the wool over everyone's eyes by not asking in this Official manner. The AFP and AG both realize it is the only official way to ask another country for assistance but does our Deputy PM or PM realize this!! look up the MAR ACT 1987 and its all there.
Now I also have an official letter from the AFP acknowledging the Mozambique Deputy Attorney general as only excepting the official MAR between the two countries.
You see everyone knows the Laos police are suspect to say the least and obviously the AFP are fully aware of this as they were with the MOZ/Police. So you need to look at it from the AFP's point of view do they really want to become involved in an investigation with the Laos police knowing how suspect they are. No way they do. This could create all sorts of diplomatic issues. The AFP are fully aware any offer of assistance any less than the official MAR will be rejected by any other overseas government!!!
This makes the AFP and Australian government look like they are doing something and supporting the families when in fact they are not as they don't want to get involved with a suspect police force!!!
The Australian government needs to keep up appearances and engagements with the Australian people with an election coming up!!
Police to police operation and MAR;-
People have also asked me about the mutual assistance request compared to a police to police offer for assistance, below I do my best to try and explain this:-
I feel I need to clear this up to the best of my “Knowledge”. A police to police request is a much lesser formal offer and in most cases is rejected easily by the country in question as it is only a police request and that is all the AFP has sent to the Laos police, a police to police offer to Laos’s Superintendent, Commissioner or equivalent.
However the MAR is completely different this is an OFFICIAL request from our Attorney general (AG) to the other countries AG. Now the AG has complete power over the courts and police so their decision is the one that the police must follow. If the AG in Laos instructs his police to work with the AFP on the investigation they have to adhere to his orders as the AG is in charge of all police. This also applies in Australia and other countries. It’s like he is the 5 Star General. The MAR holds a lot more weight as its GOV TO GOV and if the Laos government rejects this formal offer then we really know where we stand and our government maybe able to apply sanctions and stop the “Abundance” of AID (MONEY) that the Australian tax payers pay to the Laos government ever year. Its in the millions.
Now our Government dose not want to be put in this position so they prefer that people are not aware of all these options or how it all works!!! You see with an election coming up they will not want to upset Diplomatic relations with another country!
With Elly’s investigation the AFP/SLO was allow to enter Mozambique twice on behalf of the Victorian Coroner as the AFP were “Meant” to be supporting the coroner with the coronial investigation. It must be noted the Mozambique authorities excepted the offer from the Victorian coroner and the AFP were on the ground in Mozambique investigating for the coroner attending meetings and asking questions with detailed notes taken from the attending Doctor who attended the crime scene on the morning of the 9th November 2016. These detailed notes are entered in the AFP Action Sheet from the attending crime scene doctor and Mozambique Inspector in charge of the investigation in 2016. NB: This was not a police to police joint operation more a fact finding mission for the coroner each time.
The AFP had said they had offered to assistance in Elly’s case and it was rejected this was in evidence given at the inquest by commander Smith of the AFP even though he was not involved until 2022. What’s interesting is the family was never shown these requests or told about any verbal or written requests sent as the family was always kept in the dark when it comes to the AFP.
You maybe told verbally about a request which has been sent by the Melbourne AFP/SLO assigned to the family and you take there word for it. We were never shown anything to prove a request was actually sent in 2016/17. The AFP will not give out much information only what they need you to know. I was very surprised to know about and obtain the AFP Action Sheet (AS) which documents the chronological turn of events of the AFP from 2016 to 2018. It was only in 2021 when Coroner Bracken found out about the AS and he told the AFP to give it to all interested parties, otherwise after 5 years the court and family were never going to know about or see this “AFP- Action Sheet”!!!
The only official request was ordered by Mr Bracken the coroner asking the AFP at a hearing in February 2021 to send the official request. “Five years after our daughter’s death”!!! The AFP were never going to put in a official request in on their own!! The Coroner had to ask the AFP to do this but the family found out later it was not the official MAR sent only a letter. I ask the coroner could I see the request sent as they were never going to give it to the family if I had not asked. I was on to the AFP and fully aware at this time how the AFP operates and NO way did I “trust them”. As it turned out the family was shocked it was not an official MAR only a personal letter sent!!!! Now the family would not have found this out if I did not ask the coroner for a copy of the request the AFP sent!!! We were so “shocked and so upset” it was not the official MAR!!!
This is why you need to question everything when it comes to the AFP and ask to see everything and every request sent for proof !! Be very carful of what the AFP tells you and ask to have everything they do verified. Its what the AFP do not tell you about which is the biggest worry!!! In Elly’s case the Mozambique AG has officially told our Government, AFP and Coroners court that they will “only except” an official MAR. Our AG has just never sent it!!!
Now you may be thinking the AFP is our policing authorities for crime overseas if we can’t trust them who can we trust. well the answer to this is “no one”. The facts on this website proves this with out question as I have all the supporting facts to prove everything I state on this website. only some of these supporting facts are on here as I can’t place all these facts on this site.
However the supporting facts is 164 pages and I have been informed professionally that this factual evidence “burden of proof” can be submitted to court as the truth of facts. this is why I have asked the Australian Government for a full Investigation into Elly’s death. No reply to date. therefore you are really on “your own” to investigate to try and seek the answers. In most cases you will find the AFP and Gov are all talk and no action “especially” if they are dealing with a suspect police authority from another country!!
coroner’s court:-
Also to the families “dismay” this later applied to the Victorian coroner’s court as the facts prove they also come into question. There is no question with the factual evidence that the court attempted to protected their team at the Victorian institute of forensic medicine. ( See correspondence on this website letters to the coroner ) ;-
Peer review and letter asking the coroner to reconsider the Radiologist Dr O’Donnell as a vital witness under the circumstances of our daughter’s death.
Process of the MAR ACT 1987 and AFP Crime established;-
Part of an AFP Statement after Elly’s inquest 2024 below:-
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The AFP made numerous offers of assistance to Mozambique authorities and liaised closely through police-to-police channels following the death of Elly Warren in November 2016. The AFP’s investigative actions in Australia and via our International Network in this matter were carried out in “support of the Victorian State Coroner”.
“A Mutual Assistance Request can be made by the AFP in criminal matters in a foreign country”. The AFP will consider the circumstances of the criminal matter, including the nature of the incident, the location and the AFP’s relationship with local law enforcement authorities. In relation to Elly Warren’s death, the AFP offered significant levels of support to Mozambique authorities investigating, including on-site meetings with authorities and regular communication.
If it was the Australian prime minister’s child or the AFP commissioner’s child do you think the AFP would of considered the Circumstances in the above statement to send the official Mutual assistance request. The evidence of murder is compelling as the facts prove!!!
The family had only been informed by the AFP in 2016/17, That The investigation is the jurisdiction of the Mozambique police!!! However we were never informed of any options with a Mutual assistance request (MAR)!!! The AFP with evidence given at the inquest confirmed that the family was not informed about a MAR because the AFP did not consider it a crime but they had the Mozambique Autopsy report stating it is a violent death Homicide and the clear crime scene photo was given to the AFP by DFAT clearly showing a ripped apart top, Half naked body laying face down on a firm sandy surface. Along with “other vital evidence” in 2016!! ALL confirmed as fact in evidence given At the inquest. ( all evidence is confirmed in inquest transcript) later on, 10th April 2017 the AFP were also given an official revised SERNIC Mozambique police report from DFAT stating the case was being treated a homicide with a case file number 775/2016 of an Australian Elly rose Warren. This was only six months after our daughter’s murder!! The AFP had and were fully aware of all this evidence yet they still did not classify this as a crime!!! ( All confirmed as fact on this website in my Blog, “My inquest oral submissions to the state coroner Mr Cain on the 11th December 2023”).
The facts prove the AFP were given the “clear version” of the crime scene photo by DFAT on the 25th November 2016. The AFP did not enter the “clear version” of the crime scene photo into evidence at all, why not?!! it was not given to the Coroner in 2016 by the AFP!!! why Not?!! there was no report on this “vital evidence” to the coroner by the AFP!!! WHY Not?!! The AFP as the controlling overseas police Authority in control of all crime evidence and is completely responsible for all Suspicious “vital crime scene evidence with overseas matters”!! it states in the above AFP statement the AFP was;-
“in support of the Victorian state coroner”!! Therefore why did the AFP not give and submit a full report on this “vital evidence” the Clear crime scene Photograph to the Victorian coroner in 2016/18?!!! This clear photo of Elly’s half naked body with her top ripped apart “totally destroyed” is as critical evidence as you can have!!! the concrete facts comprehensively prove the AFP has “ghosted” this critical evidence from the coroner in 2016/18. you have to ask the question WHY?!!! I am very confident the “motive” is the AFP did not want the evidence to prove it was a “crime” requiring the AFP to take further action!! ( See supporting evidence in correspondence on this website, letter 16/06/2023.)
The AFP will not respond to my report I sent the AFP commissioner in MAY 2024 explaining all these facts. they are all fully aware of the “truth” as I have given these facts to the Australian prime minister’s cabinet, the Australian Attorney general and all relevant minister’s with my reports sent!! (all blogs on here) What really surprised the family and my legal team was the coroner Mr Cain stating what difference would it have made if the coroner knew about all this evidence in 2016!! Myself and my legal team knew where we stood as they all protect each other. I was advised by my barrister during the inquest to take my case to a higher court.
(See Blog response to AFP statement and also Blog, My oral submissions to the state coroner 11 December 2023). The Australian Attorney general (AG) and the Prime minister’s cabinet keeps passing it over to the AFP to explain, informing the family its not their responsibility!!!
NB: It is not DFAT’s responsibility to place this critical photographic evidence which is the clear version of the crime scene photo into evidence and report on this vital evidence to the Victorian coroner!! It is 100% the AFP’s Responsibility in support of the Victorian coroner as stated in the AFP statement above!!! There needs to be an inquiry/Investigation into the Integrity of the AFP and coroner’s court as the facts comprehensively prove on this website there integrity comes into question. (See correspondence Australian Attorney generals letters.) If this was your child would you be infuriated with these above factual circumstances!! What these facts prove without question is the Australian authorities are just as deceiving as the Mozambique authorities with the only difference being the Australian authorities are cunning in attempting to cover up the factual evidence to suit their needs! You see, how often does the AFP expose another countries authorities “Never” as this would effect their communication channels around the world with other police agencies! Therefore causing all sorts of diplomatic issues because the evidence strongly supports the tampering of the crime scene by the Mozambique police early morning of the 9th November 2016!!
(See Blog the deception of the Mozambique police)
what hope does any Australian family have for Justice under these factual circumstances!!! I think the best advise I can give an Australian family facing the same circumstances from overseas is, “TRUST NO ONE” and to hire a “private investigator to seek the true, facts and answers” wasting “no time” whatsoever as the early days after are very important for obtaining critical evidence. Tell “NO ONE” of your plans, Media, other family, country involved and especially the Australian authorities!! However Having said that, I have found the “media” used in the right way can be an asset. The only person i could really trust was retired Melbourne homicide detective Mr Charlie Bezzina. he has been helping me with Elly’s investigation and still is today giving advice. Mr Bezzina will be able to inform you of your best options and the recourses available.
I have updated my own investigation blog on the 1/02/2025.
Also in correspondence I have added - Summary table of letters and emails in systematic timeline.
I have currently contacted Jodie Belyea MP and have had a meeting with her on the 22nd of January 2025 as I just keep hitting a brick wall being passed around from Government agency to another each time because they are all fully aware I have the “facts” as I have been fully transparent and nobody wants to take responsibility!!! It very important that the family obtains the Mozambique casefile.
Prior recent updates 20/11/2024 & 04/12/2024
My email sent to the cabinet of the Australian prime minster dated the 20/11/2024. this email is enter as a blog on this website under search for the truth. The Cabinet of the Australian Prime Minsters reply to this email is the same reply they have sent five times for all my reports and it passes the responsibility to the AFP each time. Surly the Australian Government are responsible for the deceitful behavior with the proven facts of any Australian agencies they employ and have jurisdiction over!!! The Australian Attorney General Mr Dreyfus has also responded to this email sent on the 20/11/2024 and Mr Dreyfus has also passed the responsibility over to the AFP. This is the Australian governments and the Australian Attorney generals responsibility and its in the Governments policies below:-
‘ The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the principle Federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. The AFP is an independent agency of the Attorney-general’s department and is responsible to the Attorney-general and accountable to the parliament of Australia’.
The AFP have not upheld their integrity and sworn duty to Elly's family and therefore the Australian people. With the proven facts proving this to be the case this warrants an investigation into the AFP’s handing of Elly's case to ensure the AFP uphold their sworn duty for all future susphious deaths of Australians in foreign countries.
Update 03/11/2024;-
I have been recently informed that the Mozambique authorities after reopening Elly’s investigation in 2021 has official closed Elly’s case due to insufficient evidence to convict anyone of our daughter’s murder. A Mozambique judge officially closed the case on the 8th October 2024.
The reopening of the murder investigation by the Mozambique authorities in 2021 resulted in questioning a number of suspects in 2022/23 however unfortunately this did not progress any further due to lack of evidence. This is highly disappointing for our daughter and family. Someone has murdered our lovely daughter Elly Rose and the likelihood of achieving justice in a foreign country is now further beyond the bounds of achieving Justice for our daughter.
Elly’s clothes she was wearing is very important for DNA!!!
The Australian Federal Police have a lot more to explain and answer for because in 2016/17 it was highly possible for the AFP to obtain DNA evidence in 2016. that was by obtaining our daughters clothes she was wearing at the time of her death from the Maputo central hospital before they Incinerated her clothes. the hospital keeps the clothes for some time for the relatives or authorities to collect. the Hospital was fully aware Elly’s death was a homicide from their Autopsy report and she was a foreigner from overseas.
The AFP/ Senior Liaison Officer (SLO) in South Africa traveled to Tofo in support of the Victorian coroner and obtained Elly’s clothes and belongings as it's in his AFP action sheet on Pg. 9. However the AFP/SLO did not obtain the clothes Elly was wearing at the time of her death!! The AFP/SLO should have been highly vigilant on the clothes Elly was wearing at the time of her death as the AFP were fully aware the Mozambique authorities were not capable of any DNA testing from clothing. The AFP/SLO had the full opportunity from being on the ground over there and did not chase up or ask for the clothes Elly was wearing by going to the Maputo Central Hospital in 2016 for her autopsy or soon after. DFAT’s SLO had accompanied the AFL/SLO as his translator to the meetings they both attended on the 18th November 2016 only 9 days after our daughter’s death with all relevant Mozambique officials in attendance In Inhambane. Along the way to Inhambane the SLO’s had to land first in Maputo where Elly’s Autopsy was conducted and her clothes she was wearing at the time of her death were kept at the central Maputo hospital.
NB: The AFP/SLO and DFAT’s SLO were in Maputo only two days after Elly’s Mozambique autopsy on 16th November 2016 as the only plane “to and from” Inhambane airport leaves from Maputo Airport!! Inhambane airport is only around a 30 minute drive to Tofo where Elly was murdered. both SLO’s were fully aware Elly had her autopsy in Maputo central hospital on the 14th November 2016!!!
In the DFAT ‘s SLO’s statement she states they flew direct to Inhambane from Johannesburg however there is no direct flight you have to stop in Maputo first and change flights!!! (138/139 Pg. Inquest transcript.) When the AFP and DFAT’s SLO’s both arrived in Inhambane they had a meeting with the Chief Inspector and obtained permission in asking if they could go on and visit the crime scene in Tofo that day about a 20 minutes drive away from the chief inspectors office in Inhambane. The chief inspector granted them approval and arrangements were made to meet back up again on their return trip from Tofo to obtain some of Ms. Warren’s belongings (clothes) all with no fuss and complete cooperation from the Mozambique Inspector in charge of the investigation. A receipt was obtained and photos taken at time of collection of Ms. Warren’s possessions/clothes. However the AFP did not ask the Mozambique chief inspector about Elly’s clothes she was wearing at the time of death as this vital evidence and was never mentioned in the meetings by the AFP/SLO on the 18th November as it is not mentioned at all in his action sheet that they asked for these clothes Elly was wearing at the time of her death. The AFP were fully aware the Mozambique police were not capable of any DNA testing and that the clothes were of no use to the Mozambique police!!!
The AFP were asked the question recently why did they not obtain Elly’s clothes she was wearing at the time of her death and there answer in a verbal statement was they had requested these clothes however they were incinerated. The AFP had plenty of time to retrieve these clothes well before they were incinerated as the hospital keeps the clothes for the relatives. The Director states at the Main central hospital clothes are kept for the relatives to collect and if know one acquired them AFTER TIME they are then incinerated. The AFP are very CUNNING with there reply statement in not mentioning the full facts just what they want you to hear and know!! I have found over the years the AFP are very careful and are very experienced at wording their responses/statements to reporters questions only saying what they need to. However they do slip up at times and this is why they don’t say or give out much.
Update where is the Mozambique Prosecutors report as its not in the Coronial brief!!!!!
The Mozambique Prosecutor has stated to the AFP/SLO at the meeting on the 18th November 2016 that the chief Inspector accompanied Ms. Warren's body to Maputo for the Mozambique autopsy holding further weight to the Mozambique inspector having no interest whatsoever in the clothes my daughter was wearing at the time of her death because he did not retain the clothes at the hospital and place them into evidence. This proves the Mozambique police were obviously not interested in the clothes my daughter was wearing at the time of her death because they can’t test for any DNA on clothing.
The AFP has also not submitted the PROSECUTORS REPORT to the coroner as there is no Prosecutors report entered in the Coronial brief. However in the AFP summary of circumstances in the brief it clearly states the AFP obtained the post mortem and a prosecutors report. Therefore there is potential that this Mozambique prosecutors report will also clarify that a CRIME/ HOMICIDE was committed and perhaps this is why it has not been included as evidence in the Coronial Brief for the coroner’s consideration by the AFP.
I Reiterate The AFP should have shown more assertiveness in obtaining Elly’s clothes she was wearing at the time of her death knowing how critical these clothes were. The AFP had plenty of time to obtain these clothes at the hospital in Maputo where Elly’s first autopsy was conducted on the 14th November 2016 five days after our daughter’s death. the clothes are kept by the Hospital for some time for relatives or police to obtain as stated by the director of the central hospital in Maputo where our daughter’s first autopsy was conducted. the AFP were in Maputo on the 16/17th November 2016 two days after her first autopsy on the 14th November 2016!!!
Elly’s clothes she was wearing at the time of her death were only incinerated well after my daughter’s death because no one came to pick up her clothes from the hospital in Maputo. the Mozambique police did not want these clothes and did not place these clothes into evidence. “As they don’t have the resources to test for DNA and they still don’t today”!!
The Mozambique inspector was also clearly very supportive and helpful in 2016 as the facts clearly indicate in the AFP action sheet. Handing over all of Elly’s other clothes in her suitcases. I am sure everyone else is aware that Elly’s clothes she was wearing at the time of her death was “critical evidence,” especially as the top was ripped apart and her bather bottom’s/underwear were at her knees!!!
With the suspects the Mozambique authorities had in 2021/24, a positive match in DNA with the clothing places them at the crime scene and Case solved that’s how important this evidence was!!! Skin cells from a hand grip ripping the top apart, a drop of sweat and other bodily fluids etc. cold cases are solved today because of the advancement in technology for extracting DNA from clothing which was available to us in 2016!!!
I have also recently sent three reports one to the AFP on the 27th May 2024 (My response to the AFP statement) with no reply to date. I have now sent a second report to the Prime Minster on the 23rd of August ( inconsistencies and discrepancies) with No reply. I sent an email to all government and relevant agencies including the media on the 10/09/2024 as I still had no reply asking for answers with issues the family has with the conduct of the AFP and coroner’s court with my daughter’s investigation. This email sent to all government agencies and media includes my third report which was sent to the Commonwealth Ombudsman on the 25th August with receipt reply on the 30th August stating they are taking my complaint up with the AFP to the next phase and asked me for all the relevant information I had with the matter. (All three reports are now blogs on this website)
I have had no response to my report sent to the AFP on the 27th May 2024 and its now March 2025. I have asked the commissioner of the AFP several times by email for a response. I have also asked for an inquiry investigation into the handling of Elly’s investigation with no response from the Australian Government. The Australian Government keeps referring the matter to the AFP. Well they employ the AFP and are also responsible. I have just had a response from the Australian Attorney general on the 4th December 2024 and he to has referred it to the AFP surly It is the Attorney generals responsibly to ensure the integrity of the AFP and Coroner’s court.
Note: I have been to the Attorney Generals (AG) office twice to ask for an appointment but I have been ignore and have sent numerous correspondence by email to the AG in the past but this is the very first time the AG has replied passing the responsible over to the AFP the same as the Australian Government. The recent email the AG has replied to on the 20/11/2024 is the first blog under search for the truth on this website. The official letter of reply from the AG and governments reply’s three times now is attached to the email blog passing the responsibility over to the AFP each time!!!. The AG did send a letter to the Mozambique authorities but this was very disappointing as it did not mention the Mutual assistance request. (The AG letters are in Correspondence on this website).
This strategy of these three contrasting reports entered here as blogs informs all three major relevant agencies and others of all the issues Elly’s family has past and present. This method covers all the angles which makes it very difficult for the AFP knowing that everyone else has these solid facts looking at it from different angles covering all the very important major issues. Therefore ensuring that every angle of every issue is covered with all the back up supporting facts Burden of Proof 164 pages truth of facts. It then becomes very difficult to defend these solid facts which everyone is now aware of.
The AFP may try the politicians response to try and deflate the issues but they know and now the government knows I have all the solid facts. Therefore they would not want to go down this track as it will open the can of worms even more. I think the only option the AFP really has is to apologize with no conditions applied to the family. However it still does not address changes to the present system, so that future families effected by these circumstances overseas are fully supported by the AFP and Australian government. This is why a full investigation or inquiry is now necessary by the Australian government to ensure Australian families are fully supported under these serious circumstances.
With the current saturation the one on going issue is with the Mutual Assistance Request (MAR). In the email to the government I have attached a letter to the Australian Foreign Minister to obtain clarification on sending the MAR now to the Mozambique Attorney General. Its a long story but the short version is the AFP are saying they can’t send the MAR until the Mozambique induction phase is completed and the securities are lifted on their casefile. My argument is we could have sent the MAR anytime as this induction phase and securities was only for exchange of evidence in their casefile (ONLY) as the MAR has different powers for exchange of evidence and the other power is for both counties to work together on the investigation. Therefore the MAR should have been sent in 2016 and can still be sent today to help the Mozambique police with the suspects they have as the Mozambique government has confirmed it was possible to have a joint operation with the AFP in the AFP submissions 2020.
However the AFP don’t want to send the MAR as it will set a president for other families with issues with third world countries which they just do not want to get involved with as most have suspect police authorities. You see most of the time the AFP does not need to become too involved as they can depend on the other countries authorities to do the job properly, but when it involves a third world country it becomes a completely different set of circumstances because their standards are poor and it becomes too hard for the AFP to deal with so they camouflage and deflate the evidence which creates doubt on what has really happened.
My second and third email/reports recently to the Prime Minister and Commonwealth Ombudsman I have now also attached these as blogs. This is in detail so its a lot of reading but it will give you a better updated understanding of what I have been really talking about. I have found when dealing with very important issues the more details and different angles you present the more solid your argument becomes and therefore harder to defend. In the families case its been long enough for the authorities to ACT and there comes a time when you need to expose all the facts which even generates far more power by informing everyone of all the true factual circumstances.
These above updates are only from the inquest in August 2023.