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No. Topic Question or response                         Comment                             Labels and
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12  3                                                  45

Q How long did the conversation with
                  these people last?

77 Between half an hour and an hour. Out of sequence she has not

    We were still talking when our                     mentioned putting the baby to

    attention was drawn to the baby. bed. ‘We were still’ is an odd

                                                       phrase. ‘Our attention was

                                                       drawn’ is strangely passive. One

                                                       would expect her to have said

                                                       ‘When Michael heard the baby’

PREVARICATION IN ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL ISSUE?

78  I hadn’t finished can I carry on?                   Question with a question and a

                                                       diversion

79 ⇑ Did I mention yesterday in the                    She is referring to the statement
        Back statement about the dingo?                with the Tasmanian couple the
                                                       officer believes she is referring
                                                       to the dingo conversation at the
                                                       Fertility Cave

Q Yes before we started the                                                                Dingoes are
                  statement but not in the statement,                                      dangerous
                 you did mention the dingo at the
                  fertility cave.

80 ⇑ The people had only arrived that                  SHE DOES NOT CORRECT THE
        Back night.                                    MISUNDERSTANDING

81 ⇑ They had an eighteen month old                    This is the Tasmanian couple who
        Back daughter.                                 arrived on 17 August 1980

82 ⇑ We told them to keep their food She knows dingoes are dangerous
        Back under cover as there were dingoes and in the area. This conversation
                 in the area which we had seen the took place minutes before she put
                  night before only a few yards away. Azaria to bed

83 ⇑ Aiden was interested in a mouse                   This is referring to another dingo
        Back and wanted to know what sort it           incident on 16 August 1980
                  was.

84 ⇑ During the evening the gentleman Note ‘gentleman’
        Back thought it came by our feet

85 ⇑ and told Aiden to bring the torch                 Was the torch working then?
        Back over.

86 ⇑ Before he got there a mangy dingo Note ‘a’ dingo came between

    Back had pounced on the mouse which their feet. It is ‘a mangy dingo’

    was between our feet                               not a ‘dog’
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