‘Time to end the upgrades’: MPs quit Qantas Chairman’s Lounge

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Independent MPs Allegra Spender and Helen Haines will hand back their membership to the invitation-only Qantas Chairman’s Lounge, and have called on the airlines to stop offering first- and business-class upgrades to politicians. As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he did not believe any of his staff had sought upgrades from Qantas management on his behalf, Ms Spender accused the major parties of blocking competition by stopping Qatar from gaining greater access to the Australian aviation market.

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