Media release archive 2002
December 2002
November 2002
- 16 November
- Search continuing in Great Australian Bight
- 15 November
- Sea search underway in Great Australian Bight
October 2002
- 23 October
- New safety trail: satellites to automate ship reporting in the Great Barrier Reef
- 16 October
- Torres Strait search: missing seven found
- 16 October
- Search for seven missing people: Torres Strait
- 14 October
- Torres Strait search: two found
- 14 October
- Search for two missing men: Torres Strait
- 6 October
- Search for Torres Strait islanders continues
September 2002
- 26 September
- World Maritime Day: new security focus
- 18 September
- Search suspended for three missing yacht crew off NSW
- 17 September
- Two rescued, four missing, Port Stephens, NSW
August 2002
- 28 August
- AMSA supports coronial report on fishing boat crew loss
- 19 August
- Air search for missing man WA
- 12 August
- Tanker charged following reef oil spill
- 9 August
- Revised plan to tackle chemical spills from ships
July 2002
- 23 July
- Extensive sea search continuing off Queensland
- 22 July
- Extensive sea search continuing off Queensland
- 22 July
- Extensive sea search underway off Queensland
- 5 July
- Overdue helicopter found in WA
- 1 July
- Ship deficiencies falling
June 2002
- 19 June
- Two Rescued from Sinking Catamaran
- 6 June
- Search for five people in missing helicopter
- 6 June
- Missing NT helicopter crash site located
May 2002
- 29 May
- Tasmanian helicopter crash: four rescued
- 18 May
- Adventurers rescued off Western Australia
- 8 May
- Search for missing dory fisherman suspended
- 7 May
- Search for missing dory fisherman
- 7 May
- Gayndah gyrocopter search
- 6 May
- Missing dory boat located, fisherman missing
- 6 May
- Search for gyrocopter pilot: debris located
- 6 May
- Searches for missing gyrocopter pilot and fisherman
- 5 May
- Searches underway in Queensland
April 2002
March 2002
- 4 March
- Search for two men in the Gulf of Carpentaria
- 4 March
- Gulf of Carpentaria search finds two men
- 5 March
- Disabled fishing boat found after beacon activated
- 6 March
- Missing glider pilot found
- 6 March
- World marine navigation experts in Australia for the first time
- 27 March
- AMSA Board appointments help it to meet maritime challenges
February 2002
- 15 February
- Navigation conference draws worldwide audience
- 21 February
- Australian ship salvage and places of refuge
- 27 February
- Man and dog rescued in Shark Bay, WA
January 2002
- 11 January
- Search for ditched aircraft: Torres Strait
- 12 January
- Search for missing aircraft: Torres Strait
- 13 January
- Search suspended for missing pilot: Torres Strait
- 21 January
- Around the clock search and rescue service
last updated: 7 January 2003