Australia 'hopeful' for Ukraine ceasefire: minister A team of unarmed Dutch and Australian investigators in Ukraine were forced by heavy fighting on Monday to abandon an attempt to reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the rebel-held east of the country. Nonetheless, speaking in Kiev, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop said she was 'hopeful' that a call for a ceasefire by the UN Security Council would be adhered to. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES