Peter Dutton used Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s absence to hone the opposition’s attacks on Catherine King and question the government’s relationship with Qantas and Alan Joyce. Follow updates here.
Transport Minister Catherine King says she does not recall being lobbied by former Qantas boss Alan Joyce before she blocked more Qatar Airways flights, which the Coalition says commercially benefited Qantas.
In a fiery question time on Wednesday again dominated by Qantas and a rare dissent motion against the Speaker, Peter Dutton used Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s absence to hone the opposition’s attacks on King and question the government’s relationship with Qantas and Joyce. Transport Minister Catherine King: “The main people lobbying me about Qatar came from Virgin and a third party on behalf of Qatar.”“The relationship between Alan Joyce, the prime minister and this minister is well documented. This is a murky situation at best ... [and] the minister’s integrity is seriously in question,” Dutton said.
The decision to reject Qatar Airways’ application has left Labor split amid calls from regulators, tourism bodies and the Queensland and West Australian Labor governments to reconsider the bid to increase competition and
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