Liberal senator Simon Birmingham says the federal opposition will pursue other means to probe why Catherine King rejected the airline’s bid for more flights.
After grilling Richard Goyder in the Senate last week,Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie shook his hand on Saturday in the name of grand final unity.
The transport minister Catherine King will be called to front the Senate inquiry after her office was accused of stonewalling attempts to find out if she met Alan Joyce.
When is being accused of operational incompetence a compliment? When it’s a better excuse than deliberately breaking the law.
Labor and the Coalition unite in the pursuit of answers over the sacking of 1700 workers as a probe expands into the government’s decision to reject Qatar Airways’ bid for more Australian flights.
Premier Daniel Andrews declined to give evidence,but the committee heard he wrote to witnesses to warn them against disclosing information viewed as confidential.
A top No campaigner has instructed volunteers to instil fear in voters’ minds and raise reports of financial compensation to Indigenous Australians.
The federal government is being urged to reveal the documents that could explain its decision to shield Qantas from greater competition from Qatar Airways.
Former Victorian major events minister Martin Pakula has also disputed claims that Victoria ruled out federal funding for the Commonwealth Games at a Senate inquiry.
Premier Daniel Andrews has said no such analysis had been done solely for the sporting facilities and social and affordable homes the government still intends to build.
Infrastructure Department head Jim Betts has faced sustained questioning from Coalition senators over his penchant for politically themed T-shirts.