The Prime Minister's Speech on the MH17 Flight

MH17 episode was probably the most fraught period in my time as PM. I think it was shot down in the early hours of July the 17th Australian time. The previous day, late on the evening of the 16th Australian time, the Senate had passed the bill to repeal the carbon tax. It became obvious within a few minutes that this hadn't been a crash. Later that morning at about 10 o'clock I went into the Parliament and I said: "This is not an accident, it's a crime" And we have to make sure the bullying of small countries by big ones has no place on this earth.