Coalition demands answers about Anthony Albanese’s meeting with billionaire following helicopter ride reports
Andrews denied the trio discussed the Fox family’s ambitions for its privately owned Avalon airport or its business interests.
“No. It was a barbecue. It was a social event, and I will boldly predict that it won’t be the only barbecue I go to this summer,” he said.Andrews has been criticised by the Liberal opposition over his close relationship with the influential family. In early 2021, Fox’s logistics group Linfox tendered to build a 500-bed quarantine facility at Avalon airport for Covid-19 quarantine. It was reported that Andrews and his wife, Catherine, visited the family’s compound at the time.
Linfox’s bid was ultimately unsuccessful, with a $580m facility built at Mickleham, in Melbourne’s north.“The only helicopter flights I have been on have been when, in my capacity as the premier of this state ... it was during bushfires. To the best of my knowledge they are the only helicopters I have ever been on,” he told parliament in March 2021.
Albanese’s helicopter ride may need to be declared on the federal parliament’s register of members’ interests, which requires the disclosure of “sponsored travel or hospitality” over $300 in value. Members have 28 days to update their register. Albanese’s last update was on 19 December.
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