Australian prime minister confirms all hope is lost for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, but says "we owe it to the families" to keep searching

Prime Minster Tony Abbott visited Perth RAAF base Pearce this morning
Declared that all evidence points to the plane going down in Indian Ocean
Australia is pushing to retain control of the search operation, they want any wreckage to be examined in Australia by Australian, US, and British...
Australian prime minister confirms all hope is lost for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, but says "we owe it to the families" to keep searching