One Labor MP publicly backed his leader, arguing Coalition MPs were being hypocritical, as others acknowledged Albanese was under pressure.
The federal Coalition will intensify pressure on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to explain his Qantas flight upgrades after signalling plans to call the airline’s former boss to a Senate inquiry to reveal any personal requests for special treatment.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he had never asked Joyce for flight upgrades and thought Albanese should answer questions about whether he did so when he was transport minister or shadow minister “because I am not aware of anyone else having done it.” Coalition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie, who led a Senate inquiry into Qantas last year, said the Senate could form a new inquiry to hear from Joyce about flight upgrades for Albanese.“There are clearly serious questions which only Mr Joyce and the prime minister can answer,” she said.
Asked his opinion of the controversy, Perrett responded with an emoji of an axe and said: “It is definitely a hatchet job. And I’ll tell Bridget McKenzie that the next time I see her quaffing champagne in the Chairman’s Lounge.” “I think any fair observer would have to say that we have not been shy about taking on Qantas when they’ve done the wrong thing by their workers or their customers, and, in fact, it’s the Liberal and National parties who’ve taken Qantas’ side on those issues,” he told ABC Radio National.
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