Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Ludwig, representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Jetstar, a Qantas Group airline, used overseas based crews to fly domestic legs carrying domestic passengers on internationally tagged flights within Australia. A number of these flights can operate outside the standard provisions for international flights as they pick up and drop off domestic passengers at domestic terminals. Can the minister indicate what the appropriate visa would be for the overseas based crews working on these flights given that the cabin crew are working on what are essentially domestic flights? Furthermore, are there any criteria to determine whether a flight within Australia can reasonably be tagged as international, if it is carrying domestic passengers, for the purpose of issuing such visas?