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

I was asked about competition, and in addition to the points I have made about Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines and China Southern Airlines, I would make the point that these are national interest arrangements between governments, and in relation to competition, it isn't a free-for-all. There is no better person to talk about that than former minister McCormack, who said on 29 August, 'When I became DPM and transport minister in February 2018, I made a decision to put on hold an application from Qatar Airways.'

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