The concerns about Qantas have been around since early July, yet ministers are still sending conflicting signals. It is about time the government woke up.
An airline passenger with a first-class ticket can usually look forward to a long snooze on a lie-flat bed after a gin-and-tonic and a good meal. Even a pampered passenger, however, will be woken with a shock when the aircraft hits a thunderstorm.
when trying to explain why she blocked Qatar on July 10, saying one of the factors was the invasive search of women flying with the airline in 2020. Yet she said only six weeks ago that this was not the reason. Qatar Airways needs no barrackers, given it is owned by an oil state that helps it undercut its rivals, but the deeper issue is the community’s growing frustration with Qantas.Albanese and his ministers are exposed to being too cosy with the airline and its former chief, Alan Joyce. The government does not deny that the prime minister’s son has a complementary pass to the airline’s chairman’s lounge.
The opposition asked questions of King about her decision. She obfuscated. The opposition asked the speaker, Milton Dick, to tell her to return to the question. Dick gave her the benefit of the doubt. The opposition moved dissent against his ruling. It knew it would lose the vote, but it wanted to highlight her evasion. And it was within its rights to do so.
King was better prepared and more direct in question time on Thursday, a sign she had learnt from the previous day. Yet she could not say when she told Albanese of her decision on Qatar – only that she made the decision on July 10 and the prime minister knew by the time it was announced on July 18.
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