PRIME MINISTER PRESS CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY: I dont believe any - TopicsExpress

PRIME MINISTER PRESS CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY: I dont believe any Australian, any human being could fail to be moved by what weve seen. I have to say that as a nation we need to prepare ourselves for difficult and painful weeks ahead as we strive to find out precisely what has happened and who was responsible. I want to stress that Australia will do whatever we humanly can to ensure that this matter is absolutely thoroughly investigated to find out what we can and to bring the perpetrators to justice. Our objective is to ensure for the dead and for the living, dignity, respect and justice. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to leave for the United States tonight to head Australias efforts in pushing for a UN Security Council resolution seeking open and independent access to MH17 crash site. I will also be travelling to Washington to meet with security and intelligence experts to ensure that Australia is fully briefed on the international intelligence that is available in relation to this matter for we are determined to ascertain what happened, why it happened, how it happened and who is responsible, Ms Bishop said. Six officers from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have been deployed to Kiev. More are on their way including a five-member emergency response team as well as a team of AFP investigators.