Left, Associate Professor Evan Jones is a retired political economist, based in Sydney. He taught at the University of Sydney from 1973 until 2006.
The MH17 was brought down over six years ago. John Helmer, with others, has compiled a book on the farce that has attended the pursuit of cause and culprits. Australia's involvement is peculiarly both integral and marginal.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down over Eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014. All 298 people on board lost their lives - including 196 Dutch, 43 Malaysians and 38 Australian.
Overseen by the Dutch, a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was established in August 2014, formally comprising personnel from the Netherlands, Ukraine, Australia and Belgium.
Malaysia itself was not admitted to the JIT until late November, reputedly because of its scepticism towards the Ukrainian version of the cause of the shoot-down and who was responsible.
Before anybody had inspected the site, that line was that Russia and/or pro-Russian rebels against Kiev did it. The weapon was a Buk ground-to-air missile, the launcher brought in from Russia and returned after the dirty deed.
The JIT investigation and Dutch court case is effectively a Dutch-Ukrainian affair. As Helmer et al. (henceforth Helmer) note,
Ukraine possesses the 'right as a JIT member to veto what is investigated, what is disclosed, who to convict' (Ch.6). Belgium (4 nationals dead) is out of picture. Australia is both inside and outside the tent.
Site material reclaimed is partial, and evidence is spotty. Ukrainian air traffic control data have not been released. However, two forms of evidence, Australian-linked, appears to be atypically decisive, at least in a negative sense.
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