In a letter responding to the Senate’s order for the documents connected to the call, the transport minister said disclosure could reveal sensitive details.
Transport Minister Catherine King has claimed public interest immunity as she withholds documents from parliament over her decision to reject Qatar Airways’ bid for more flights in Australia.
Transport Minister Catherine King has claimed public interest immunity over documents relating to her Qatar decision.“As the government has made clear, air services agreements are not commercial arrangements but treaty-level agreements between countries,” King said in the letter to Labor senator and minister Murray Watt, in response to the motion from the Coalition and the Greens.
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