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

Thanks very much to the member for Hume for the question. As I said in parliament last week, I consulted with relevant colleagues, as is the normal and proper process.

But can I make it very clear, yet again, that the decision was mine. I am the transport minister. And—in exactly the same way that the previous transport minister had before him decisions about whether to increase Qatar Airlines' access under their bilateral agreements—it is the decision of the transport minister. These are very normal decisions that come before transport ministers. As I have said, again, I consulted with relevant colleagues, but the decision was mine.

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