Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

Last week, the Assistant Treasurer raised eyebrows when he said that the Qatar Airways proposal to provide much-needed international seat capacity would 'make it unsustainable for the existing Australian based carriers'. Is the Assistant Treasurer's statement the authoritative answer? Can the minister confirm that, when the Assistant Treasurer said 'Australian based carriers', what he really meant was Qantas?