aerobat:
somebody might ask if its not better in long term to spend this amount of tax money in schools than in keeping up the search when its obvious no lifes can be saved anymore.
Aerobat, this isn't a domestic expenditure matter. And it won't be Australia's decision whether to continue with the search. Add to that several very important diplomatic relationships involved. Any who were to "ask" that question would be comprehensively (and rightly) ignored.