Senate crossbench mulls inquiry into Albanese's Qantas upgrades
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under growing pressure over revelations he received multiple free upgrades to Qantas flights while he was tasked with regulating the aviation sector.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces the looming prospect of a Senate inquiry into the Qantas upgrades scandal with the Greens revealing they are open to the idea.
But crossbenchers want any probe to focus broadly on issues around lobbying, rather than act solely as a vehicle for the Coalition to attack the embattled prime minister.
Albanese is under fire over claims – outlined in a new book by Joe Aston, The Chairman’s Lounge – that as transport minister in the Gillard government, he arranged guaranteed free upgrades on Qantas flights with the company’s chief executive Alan Joyce.
Albanese has not denied a separate claim by Aston, that he personally liaised with Joyce to have his son made a member of the exclusive Qantas Chairman’s Lounge.
