Former Qantas chief Alan Joyce will still be required to front up before a senate committee when he returns to Australia, despite a final report having already been handed down.
The senate committee, formed to probe why the government had blocked Qatar Airways’ bid to double its flight offerings to Australia,The report also recommended the probe be re-established so it can hear evidence from Mr Joyce, amid allegations he had wielded significant influence over the government’s decision.
Mr Joyce had been summoned to appear before the committee, but did not do so during their reporting period because he was overseas for personal reasons. “He will appear before this committee and give us the key evidence that has been hidden from us thus far because the Minister has gagged her department, as has the Prime Minister gagged his,” she told ABC News.
“Mr Joyce – despite no longer being the CEO – was the figure, because of his close personal and political relationship with the Prime Minister, was the person that we believe intervened and influenced Minister King’s change of mind between January and July,” she said.The report had also recommended the Senate request the House of Representatives to require Ms King to attend to provide public evidence, as Senator McKenzie had called for last month after coming up against a “gagged” department.
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