The federal government is being urged to reveal the documents that could explain its decision to shield Qantas from greater competition from Qatar Airways.
The federal government is under pressure to reveal the documents that could explain its decision to shield Qantas from greater competition, as state governments and tourism groups back calls to let overseas rivals such as Qatar Airways operate more flights.
Albanese dismissed the claim by telling parliament he had one “substantive conversation” on the Qatar decision and said it was not with Qantas, although he did not say who it was with.Loading Coalition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie is seeking support from the Greens and crossbenchers for a Senate inquiry into the Qatar decision, while the Greens want the government to disclose the documents that underpinned the decision.
The formal move in the Senate would order the government to disclose key documents about the decision on Qatar, setting up a question for Coalition and crossbench senators against the government. “If you bring in additional people, it’s going to help tourism in regional communities, in cities, and it’s going to reduce prices because of the competition for Australians who want to fly overseas,” Dutton said on Monday morning.
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