PM hits back after Liberal leader criticised Albanese’s relationship with the former Qantas chief executive
, or its executives, had been involved in lobbying the government to deny the extra flights from competitor airline Qatar Airways, which partners with Virgin Australia.
The prime minister said the leaders were sent a bill, paid for flights and were seated together while Albanese had a meeting about the summit in a different section of the plane. The acknowledgement came after the prime minister used the question to launch against Dutton over comments the opposition leader made on 2GB last Thursday, asserting Albanese had held “dinners” with the long-serving Qantas chief executive.
“It is a lie, it was a lie from the leader of the opposition and it is typical of what they have done – typical of what they have done, Mr Speaker, because they just want to make anything up.”The transport minister, Catherine King, has offered eight different reasons for coming to her decision to reject Qatar Airways' request for 28 additional weekly services into Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
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