nicole johns ston is there in kuala lumpur. first to sydney australia and speak to andrew thomas there. tony abbott calling this a potentially important development. australian maritime that's riaus saying it's a credible finding. >> that's the word, credible. tony abbott stood up in parliament and revealed this development. it's an image taken by a satellite of an area the australians were in charge of searching, along the southern vector that malaysia believed the plane could have flown along. it said north or south, and if it was in south, it would be in the deep indian ocean, very south, 2,500km from perth, the post western of sydney's cities. that is the area that the image has been taken of. it shows two indistrict - he used the word - credible objects in the sea. >> earlier, an hour and a half ago, australian maritime safety authority held a press conference and described what they were seeing and what the objects might show. >> the objects are relatively indistinct on the mimagery. i don't profess to be an expert. those

. >> crossing live to nicole johns ston, a brief statement. this is a lot of information to digest for malaysian authorities. >> yes, that's the only thing we've had on the record. in the next 30 minutes the daily press briefing at the media center in kuala lumpur will be held and we'll hear an official response from authorities about the participation sighting. the malaysian prime minister spoke to australia's prime minister. they have been well and truly informed as to what was going on. the statement about the phone call was reserved and measured. highlighting that they don't know whether the two objects belong to the missing plane. malaysia is playing it safe. >> and, nicole, malaysia has come under so much criticism, haven't they, for the handling of the investigation. will the australian findings, do you think, take pressure off them? >> no doubt today is really taking some of the heat off the malaysian authorities. they had a difficult day on wednesday, with two chinese women coming to the press center. they were very upset, they tried