Government Senator, Navel Clarke, has condemned what he says is the act of terror which resulted in Malaysia airlines flight MH-17 being shot down over eastern Ukraine, near the disputed border region with Russia.

The commercial plane, which had 2-hundred-and-98 people on board, was reportedly shot down yesterday by a Russian made missile, suspected to have been fired by Russian separatists.

Speaking in the Upper House of Parliament today, Senator Clarke branded the separatists as rebels without a cause.

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Government Senator, Navel Clarke.

Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate, Tom Tavares Finson says the tragedy occurred because of a lack of moral leadership among the world’s superpowers.

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Tom Tavares Finson, Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate.