Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Hume for his question. As I just said previously, I took the decision on 10 July not to agree to Qatar Civil Aviation Authority's request to double their flights into Australia. I informed the Prime Minister prior to my decision being made public. This is not something that's routinely done. You normally would not—

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