- and another boat - is this the fourth in three days???
Another boat carrying suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted by authorities off Australia's northwest coast.
HMAS Bundaberg, operating under the control of Border Protection Command, intercepted the suspected irregular entry vessel off Flying Fish Cove at Christmas Island early Saturday morning, Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said in a statement.
Initial indications suggested there were 66 passengers and three crew on board, he said. Advertisement: Story continues below
It was the third arrival in as many days, and the 103rd this year.
On Friday two boats, one towing the other, were intercepted north of Christmas Island.
A Border Protection Command spokeswoman said that arrival was being treated as a single suspected irregular entry vessel with 74 passengers and three crew on board.
On Thursday night a boat manned by two crew and carrying 56 suspected asylum seekers was intercepted near Scott Reef.
