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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

Catherine King says treatment of women was ‘a factor’ in Qatar Airways decision

Transport minister Catherine King has said the treatment of Australian women subjected to body searches in Doha played a role in the decision to block additional Qatar Airways flights.
Transport minister Catherine King said the treatment of Australian women subjected to body searches in Doha played a role in the decision to block additional Qatar Airways flights. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The treatment of Australian women subjected to bodily inspections at Doha airport in 2020 provided “context” for the government to reject Qatar Airways’ extra air rights, transport minister Catherine King has said, but she insists her decision was based on “no one factor”.

King also said the Doha incident was “a factor” in the decision to block extra flights but it “certainly it wasn’t the only factor”.

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