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PM: I never called ex-Qantas boss for flight perks

The prime minister has emphatically denied calling Qantas's former chief executive for flight upgrades, pouring cold water on an incendiary political dogfight.

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Morning Mail: The MPs in Qantas’ Chairman’s lounge, judge rules on Australian right to privacy, lost Mayan city found

More than 90% of federal parliamentarians benefit from the airline’s exclusive lounge, analysis shows; researchers find a lost city in the Mexican jungle

The Guardian - AU

Albanese’s upgrades scandal engulfs PM

Anthony Albanese will be hoping for good inflation news when the September consumer price index is released today, and Kamala Harris is returning to an infamous Donald Trump rally site for her ‘closing argument’.

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Albanese needed a diversion after his Qantas firestorm. The Covid inquiry came at just the right time

A huge report might supplant questions over flight upgrades for now – but Peter Dutton’s attacks on the PM’s character just gained another hue

The Guardian - AU

Australian PM defends himself after being accused of seeking free flight upgrades from Qantas boss

Anthony Albanese says he has always “acted in a transparent and appropriate way,” after a new book claimed that he repeatedly requested free upgrades from Qantas Airways

The Independent UK

Political dogfight erupts over PM's plane promotions

Australia's major party leaders are embroiled in an increasingly personal stoush after revelations the prime minister accepted a stack of flight upgrades.

AAP

Stan Grant takes shots at ‘political elites’ in US – as it happened

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Mental health understaffing is persistent, chronic and demands a fix

Letters: 'Managers, hassle your bosses.'

Newcastle Herald

Australian PM defends his free first-class upgrades on Qantas flights

‘All of mine have been declared,’ Albanese says, defending the first-class upgrades

The Independent UK

Cushy Qantas perks in Chairman’s Lounge book shine spotlight on travel habits of Albanese and others

Prime minister allegedly used personal relationship with former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce to request free upgrades on flights

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Dutton questions PM’s ‘strange’ flight upgrades; greenwashing case against Santos begins; and a celebration of long dogs

Albanese reportedly sought free Qantas flight upgrades directly from Alan Joyce while serving as transport minister and opposition leader

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese Cops Heat For Asking Qantas CEO For 22 Flight Upgrades Before He Was PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under fire for asking Qantas CEO Alan Joyce for flight upgrades before he was ever PM.

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Tributes paid to pilots who died in mid-air collision south-west of Sydney as crash investigation begins

Gary Criddle, Khadervali Gagguturu and a younger pilot died after two light planes collided on Saturday near Belimbla Park

The Guardian - AU

Former Qantas pilot on board fatal flight that took off from Cessnock

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the crash.

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The Guardian - AU

Qantas’ tumultuous era might be behind it – but some say Alan Joyce’s ghost still lingers

The mood at the airline’s AGM on Friday was markedly different from last year, but experts say the brand is still hurting

AAP

Qantas hands out $1000 bonuses to 27,000 workers

Qantas is hoping to win over workers as some of its engineers take industrial action over pay.

Crikey

WIN launches probe into employee, Lehrmann spotted, and we remember Colin Chapman (because the Oz doesn’t)

Plus Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson is spotted among the plebs in economy.

Crikey

Silence and deception: How Defence evades accountability for money and lives

What accountability is there for Defence bureaucrats rewarding companies complicit in genocide? In Parliament, none. In the media, very little.

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese rejects China’s claim that Australia plagued by ‘systemic racism’ – as it happened

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Crikey

Australia will soon have second highest global inflation rate: IMF

The International Monetary Fund says Australia’s rate of inflation will soon exceed that of almost all advanced economies, and David Crisafulli finally gives a straight answer on abortion.

AAP

No flight disruptions tipped as Qantas engineers strike

A months-long pay deal stand-off has prompted hundreds of Qantas engineers to take industrial action for 24 hours in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Crikey

Qantas sackings, dodgy banks, gouging companies. Any wonder we hate big business?

Business should stop complaining about being publicly attacked until they’ve cleaned up their act on price gouging, misleading customers, illegally sacking workers and mistreating staff.

Crikey

‘Nowhere near high enough’: Qantas pilots bristle at airline’s $200m fine

‘The general view amongst the pilots is about fucking time’, one Qantas pilot told Crikey. ‘Qantas has gotten away with murder and needs to be held accountable.’

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‘Nowhere near high enough’: Qantas pilots bristle at airline’s $100m+ fine

‘The general view amongst the pilots is about fucking time’, one Qantas pilot told Crikey. ‘Qantas has gotten away with murder and needs to be held accountable.’

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Thorpe’s royal protest divides the room

Lidia Thorpe’s protest of the king and queen’s visit has divided opinions, and Qantas could be in line for fines of over $100m.

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