 Prime Minister weAustralia Tony Abbott akataura mumashoko ake kuparamende kuti ndege iyi yakadonhedzwa nehurongwa hwekurwisa hwaiita sekuti hwakanga hwatangwa nevapanduki vanotsigirwa neRussia. Julie Bishop, Gurukota reAustralia rezvekunze, akataura mubvunzurudzo paterevhizheni yeAustralia kuti zvakanga zvisingawanzoitiki kuti vamwe vake vokuRussia vakanga varamba kukurukura nezvokuparadzwa kweMH17 apo mumiriri weRussia akashevedzwa kuti azosangana naye. Hurumende yeRussia yakanga ichitsoropodza mhinduro yaAbbott; Abbott aive mumwe wevatungamiriri vekutanga vepasi rose kubatanidza pachena kupfura pasi kuRussia. Abbott gare gare akatsoropodza kuedza kwekuwana se shambolic, uye zvakafanana nekuchenesa gadheni pane kuongorora kwechiremba; Bishop akanyevera pachena mauto ekuparadzanisa kurapa miviri yevakaurayiwa sevasungwa. Abbott akatiwo mubvunzurudzo musi wa13 Gumiguru 2014, achitarisira kupinda kweMutungamiri weRussia Vladimir Putin kumusangano weG20 wa2014, yakarongwa kuti iitwe pakati paNovember 2014 muBrisbane, kuAustralia: Vanhu vokuAustralia vakapondwa. Vakaurayiwa nevapanduki vaitsigirwa neRussia vachishandisa midziyo yavaipiwa neRussia. Hatina kufara kwazvo pamusoro paikoku. 