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ELI5: Why is Australia so heavily invested in the MH370 search?

I read somewhere Australia has earmarked A$100m for the search. It was the Malaysian national aviation company, most passengers were Chinese - apart from going missing supposedly 2000 miles off the coast of Australia, there doesn't seem any sense in them taking the search upon themselves....does there? The cynic in me asks 'what's in it for them?'
gpt
Australia wants to assume the mantle of regional power. By doing this it shows "We take care of our own, Malaysia owes us nothing but earmarking 100m is what regional powers can and will do to it's smaller neighbours". It's a show of power wrapped in solidarity.
By helping Malaysia this way, future leaders of Malaysia will gravitate towards Australia and help it in establishing a local power group with Australia at it's head.