 The first burials for those killed in the incident were held on 15 February 2011, with twelve funerals occurring in Sydney, as families of the dead lived there, and five bodies being sent to other countries.The funerals in Sydney attracted opposition from the then Shadow Minister for Immigration Scott Morrison, who criticized the financial cost, and from some of the family members, who said the government failed to honor traditional Muslim funeral ceremonies.On 11 July 2011, as part of the coronial inquest into the incident, the Western Australia's Coroner, Alastair Hope, began a series of public hearings on the island.