Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Let's remember the record of those opposite. They gave billions of taxpayer dollars to Qantas for nothing in return. They stood by as Virgin collapsed into administration, watched while it was snatched up by foreign private equity. They oversaw mass outsourcing of jobs and labour hire, driving down wages and conditions across the sector. They cut JobKeeper from dnata workers and left their families in the lurch. And when in government they made the same decision about Qatar.

These are the people who are now playing a lot of politics for some vested interest that they are happy to argue for about this decision. Frankly, we're not going to take lectures from you when it comes to the aviation sector. We know the history of the coalition when it comes to aviation. I again would say that Qatar faces no restrictions in increasing its secondary gateway traffic. (Time expired)