Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Yesterday the Queensland Labor government's Acting Premier stated that, if the decision to approve or reject Qatar Airways' application for additional international flights had been up to the Queensland government, they would have been approved. They went on to say 'arriving passengers deliver economic activity here, and that creates jobs and prosperity' and that the capacity would create supply, which drives prices down. Yesterday the South Australian Labor government also said that more flights and more international airlines drive down prices and encourage more international visitors. At the end of last week, the federal President of the Labor Party, Wayne Swan, urged the Albanese Labor government to reconsider the Qatar Airways decision, saying:

An appropriate review where things are, given all these revelations, would be good.

Will the Prime Minister listen to the criticisms from the Queensland and South Australian Labor governments and follow the calls of Mr Swan by committing to undertake a review of his government's decision on this matter?