Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Australia politics live: Catherine King to outline aviation policy; Albanese to meet Li Qiang

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Asked if her department recommended Qatar be allowed the flights, and if Don Farrell the trade minister was negotiating a deal with Qatar in which the flights played a role, King says:

I consulted colleagues prior to the decision, but the decision was mine.

As I said, it provided context to the decision that I made. There is a context there that is there. That is a fact. That is a context that is there. So it is not, I was not, not aware of it. So it was a context of the decision that I made.

There was no one factor that influenced this decision.

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