"credible source of information" you're not Australian are you? ;)

ghiculescu · on March 20, 2014

I think the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is a pretty credible source.

oliyoung · on March 20, 2014

Very true, I was just making cheap funnies :)

Stratoscope · on March 20, 2014

Friend, hundreds of people may have died. Do you think cheap funnies are really appropriate?

oliyoung · on March 20, 2014

It wasn't a joke aimed at those poor people, it was a political joke aimed at our Prime Minister. I apologise if you though I was making light.

pm · on March 20, 2014

It's not reddit, Oliver.

awittygamertag · on March 20, 2014

Reddit for redactors that don't want to sort through the garbage.

jfoster · on March 20, 2014

More seriously, does anyone find it odd that the PM of Australia is making this announcement? For example, if the US Navy found something, I would not expect President Obama to announce it.

gregsq · on March 20, 2014

He's announcing it to the House of Representatives. Same thing would happen in the UK with the House of Commons and PM David Cameron. Designed to provide ultimate transparency within the system. Both PM's are obligated to inform the house as their primary responsibility.

Westminster parliamentary system.

oliyoung · on March 20, 2014

He "announced" it to the parliament during Question Time, there's a real press conference by Maritime Safety in a few minutes

general_failure · on March 20, 2014

Isn't Obama busy with Crimea?

aaron695 · on March 20, 2014

Yes, it's embarrassing. It shows the un-professionalism of the situation.

One assumes the real press conference was delayed so he could do the grandstanding.

That said, there should have been nothing said at this stage anyway until some sort of real conformation was performed.

I guess it's all about entertaining the masses who demand their ongoing live entertainment fix.

tomcorrigan · on March 20, 2014

You have allowed your political views to cloud your judgement.

Details of the satellite images and retasking of search aircraft would surely have leaked and the Australian government would have been rightly criticised for withholding that information had it not been announced.