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Fight or flights: the six days it took Albanese to deny he contacted Alan Joyce for Qantas upgrades

Over the course of nearly a week, the prime minister batted away questions about the Qantas upgrade scandal before eventually comprehensively denying contacting Joyce for upgrades

The Guardian - AU

Guess which ABC show is the most complained about, Aston takes on Albo, and a (broken) revolving door at Nine

The ABC’s annual report shows the broadcaster missing targets, while the PM takes on the Financial Review (and loses).

Crikey

The one simple trick to fix Albo’s Qantas problem: ban the Chairman’s Lounge

The government should turn its back en masse on the Chairman’s Lounge and start refusing upgrades. Taxpayers might be the winners.

Crikey

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Albo’s Qantas headache continues

Try as he might, Anthony Albanese can’t get his alleged flight upgrades from Alan Joyce out of the news, and Joe Biden has given Kamala Harris the gift of the gaffe.

Crikey

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’.

Crikey

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

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

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

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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

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.

Pedestrian.tv

Farewell, Joe Aston: The hits, the scalps and the misses

He made you laugh, he made you wince, he made you wonder how the hell he didn’t get sued more often. Crikey looks back at the best and the worst of departing gossip columnist Joe Aston.

Crikey

Australia fumes over soaring airfares as Qatar Airways flights blocked

Canberra is being accused of protecting national carrier Qantas’s bottom line at the expense of consumers.

Al Jazeera

Was Anthony Albanese wrong to seek a PwC internship for his son?

A parent’s impulse to help their child is understandable, but it reflects poorly on the prime minister’s judgment.

Crikey

Can’t take the heat: Qantas banishes newspaper over columnist’s critique

Copies of the Australian Financial Review have disappeared from Qantas lounges, with the airline reportedly fed up over bad press.

The New Daily

Here’s looking at you, Brother Stuie

Outgoing Scott Morrison confidant and former Coalition cabinet minister Stuart Robert is set to face more scrutiny from a parliamentary committee, and tomorrow’s budget will have nearly $15 billion in cost-of-living relief.

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ANZ’s shabby deal and dodgy reasoning need the press gang treatment, not cheers

ANZ’s attempt to buy Suncorp needs far more scepticism and scrutiny than it’s receiving from the business media.

Newcastle Herald

Tech mogul Mike Cannon-Brookes will shut down Hunter power stations if his bid gets up

Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian and AGL

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