Lost in transit
Revelations that a ministerial staffer lost federal cabinet papers at Doha Airport last year add a layer of intrigue to Labor's controversial Qatar Airways decision.
It always seemed like there was more to the story when the Albanese government last year controversially blocked Qatar Airways from adding more flights to Australia on national interest grounds.
It was an act of political self-sabotage that slapped the government in the face just as the prime minister was facing intense questions over his own links to Qantas, which obviously stood to benefit from the decision.
Today, Capital Brief’s chief political correspondent Anthony Galloway served up a scoop that adds another layer of intrigue to the decision (read it here).
Anthony revealed that a senior staffer for then-agriculture minister Murray Watt last year left a locked bag containing cabinet documents on a plane after disembarking at Doha Airport.
