Adult passengers are charged more than $17 on top of their train fare when they pass through station gates at Sydney Airport.
The education minister has admitted he made a call to Qantas to ask for a flight upgrade after undergoing surgery on his leg.
Politicians are not booking the cheapest flight available,as they are meant to,preferring Qantas instead,which is costing taxpayers billions and hurting its competitor.
With little competition,Qantas and Virgin have massively increased prices.
One Labor MP publicly backed his leader,arguing Coalition MPs were being hypocritical,as others acknowledged Anthony Albanese was under pressure.
Investigators on Sunday scrutinised the wreckage of two planes that collided on Saturday south-west of Sydney,killing three men.
The prime minister said it was appropriate for politicians to receive travel upgrades as long as they were appropriately declared on the parliamentary register.
Two light planes have collided near The Oaks,in the city’s outer south-west.
Alan Joyce,Anthony Albanese and the opaque politics of schmooze.
Hundreds of workers have walked off the job in an attempt to force airline management to negotiate.
At first blush,the Qantas boss’s industrial hardball line looks set to cost the airline $100 million. Possibly more.