Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

We're doing no such thing. I think you allude to the decision by the transport minister that she made around Qatar's request for extra flights. I would point out—I know it's convenient to ignore it, and we've gone through it in this place and we've gone through it in the House—that we have numbers of flights being increased by a number of international carriers. We have had over 1,800 international flights coming in and out of Australia in the last week. Flights are increasing, capacity on those flights is increasing and we have existing international carriers that are adding flights and adding capacity on those flights. So I completely reject the assertion in Senator McKenzie's question. The aviation industry is recovering post-COVID. More flights are coming, more seats are available and we will see prices come down.