Aust may ban Putin from G20 meeting (AAP)

View Comments AAP The G20 Trade Ministers meeting in Sydney has been overshadowed by the MH17 disaster.

Tony Abbott has not ruled out banning Russian President Vladimir Putin from the Brisbane meeting of the G20 in November.

The prime minister has urged Russia to support a "full and fearless" investigation into the MH17 disaster, saying it is the only way the 28 Australian victims and their families can find justice and closure.

Australia will lead a campaign at the UN Security Council for an independent investigation into the disaster. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is heading to New York to push for the inquiry.

But as president of the G20 this year, Australia could up the ante by refusing to invite Mr Putin if Russia does not co-operate.

In a thinly veiled warning, Mr Abbott declared Australia would only host visitors who had "goodwill" towards the country and its people.

"Australia is a self-respecting country," he told reporters in Sydney on Saturday.

"Visitors to this country are people who have done the right thing by this country."

Freezing Mr Putin out of the G20 has Labor's full support and that of Queensland Premier Campbell Newman, who said the Russian leader would not be welcome in his home state if he hindered the crash inquiry.

"(Mr Putin) has the opportunity to demonstrate some good faith and that can be done by properly getting behind international efforts to get to the bottom of what is clearly, in my view, a crime, a terrible crime," Mr Newman said.

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said: "If the Russian Federation will not co-operate to help resolve and get to the heart of what has happened here, I don't think Australians would welcome them coming to the G20."

However, Russia is showing few signs of co-operation - Ms Bishop is unable to contact her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, and Moscow has attacked the prime minister for his "unacceptable" comments.

Mr Abbott has not spoken to Mr Putin since MH17 was shot down over Ukraine nearly two days ago, killing all 298 passengers on board.

But he instead convened a snap meeting with a senior Russian minister at a G20 trade summit in Sydney, an event he was not expected to attend and one largely overshadowed by the unfolding crisis in Ukraine.

Trade Minister Andrew Robb was earlier unable to draw an assurance from his Russian counterpart, Denis Manturov, that Moscow could control the rebels in the contested Ukrainian territory where the plane was shot down.

Mr Abbott confirmed on Saturday that a monitoring mission gained access to the crash site but was driven off by gunfire "presumably from the Russian-backed rebels".

There were bodies strewn over the fields and armed rebels were "trampling" the site.

He repeated that it was clear from the evidence at hand that Russia-backed rebels were most likely behind the attack.

His stern comments initially drew the ire of Moscow but he has not backed down.

"Australia takes a very dim view of countries which facilitate the killing of Australians," he said.

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