“The skills of the cast are uniformly excellent… a provocative response to the concept expressed by politicians that UBAs (unauthorised boat arrivals) might be seeking to intimidate us with our own decency… CMI is a passionate, often humorous, and ultimately disturbing deconstruction of politicians at work”
Mark Hopkins, Sydney Morning Herald 29/3/04

“a must-see for anyone concerned with Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers and the political process that allows it”
Alan Mascarenhas, Sydney Morning Herald 5/4/04

” breaks the mould of verbatim theatre’s typically earnest style…a startling, highly kinetic, blackly comic and deeply provocative work of theatre”
Linda Jaivin, The Bulletin 14/4/04

“It is in turns a satire, a slapstick comedy, a stark tragedy, a wild loopy ride through the dark side of the Australian Senate. It packs in more essential truth about the CMI inquiry than anything I have read or seen so far. The version 1.0 team have brilliantly gone where most writers about Australian politics do not yet dare to go - deep into the treacherous drowning waters of Australia¹s Operation Relex.”
Tony Kevin, http://www.tonykevin.com 31/3/04

“CMI is very impressive theatre - a thoroughly absorbing and fast-paced performance… There are lots of laughs throughout the play, but the humour doesn’t at any stage make light of the horror of the events.”
Sarah Stephen, Green Left Weekly 7/4/04

“ingeniously staged and weirdly funny theatre…there’s lots to ponder over and, in terms of public policy, be dismayed by, in this provocatively staged and commendably topical production.”
Colin Rose, The Sun Herald 4/4/04

“a work that informs, shocks, moves, and regularly makes you laugh out loud….a powerful - and powerfully funny - deconstruction of history, memory and narrative…. CMI reminds us that Australians should not have the luxury of turning over this inglorious page of our nation’s history.”
Jason Blake, City Hub, April 2004

“CMI is rich and creative political theatre that is intelligent enough to avoid preaching, but still packs a great punch.”
Andrew Filmer, http://www.vibewire.net