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Australian politicians are almost always opting to fly with Qantas on taxpayer-funded trips, despite <br> <br> Virgin offering cheaper tickets.<br> <br> <br> <br> Federal MPs flew with the national carrier for 80 per <br> <br> cent of work trips last year despite it not always being the cheapest route,<br> <br> according to travel data provided to the government.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> While politicians and their staffers are required to book the cheapest flight, it also has to be the most <br> <br> efficient, with Qantas offering the most routes between major cities.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> MPs are banned from accruing frequent flyer points <br> <br> on taxpayer-funded trips like ordinary Aussies <br> <br> can, but they can can receive lifetime status credits,<br> <br> which allows access to airport lounges and flight upgrades.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'How else can one explain the extraordinary dominance of Qantas in securing bookings by parliamentarians and their <br> <br> staff?' Myriam Robin wrote in an opinion piece for the <br> <br> Australian Financial Review.<br> <br> <br> <br> 'There's nothing like accruing status credits on someone else's dime.'<br> <br> <br> <br> Transport Minister Catherine King has since committed to a review of flight <br> <br> bookings by government officials which will be conducted by the Department of Finance <br> <br> this year, despite there being just two months left of 2024.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Politicians' preference for Qantas may also be <br> <br> put down to the airline's exclusive invite-only 'Chairman's <br> <br> Lounge'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Australian politicians are almost always opting to fly with Qantas on taxpayer-funded trips, <br> <br> despite Virgin offering cheaper tickets. (pictured is Anthony Albanese, with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce,<br> <br> and fiancee Jodie Haydon)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Read More<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> EXCLUSIVE<br> <br> <br> <br> The Flying Kanga-RORT - why you're footing <br> <br> the bill as airlines wine and dine pollies in VIP club<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Daily Mail Australia in August revealed that nearly every single federal politician in the <br> <br> country has accepted free membership of the club.<br> <br> <br> <br> Qantas and the Albanese government have both denied the airline enjoys any disproportionate level <br> <br> of influence over the country's political <br> <br> classes.<br> <br> <br> <br> A Daily Mail Australia audit of the members' interest registers - in both the House of Representatives and the Senate - <br> <br> revealed almost 93 per cent of the nation's leaders have been 'gifted' membership to the lavish, all-inclusive <br> <br> lounge.<br> <br> <br> <br> The high profile ranks of government giftees include Prime Minister Anthony Albanese <br> <br> as well as every member of his 22-person Cabinet, his seven-person Outer Ministry and <br> <br> all 12 assistant ministers.<br> <br> <br> <br> While most politicians declared their Qantas' privileges as a 'gift', Labor MP Marion Scrymgour listed her membership as her <br> <br> 'Chairman Lounge entitlement'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Daily Mail Australia in August revealed that nearly every <br> <br> single federal politician in the country has accepted free membership <br> <br> of Qantas' exclusive Chairman's Lounge.<br> <br> <br> <br> And it's not just politicians on the take, with more than 60 MPs - including Marles, Chalmers, King, Bill Shorten, Zali Steggall and Tanya Plibersek - disclosing their spouses have <br> <br> also been granted unfettered, independent access to Qantas' luxurious members only <br> <br> lounge.<br> <br> <br> <br> Often touted as 'the most exclusive club in the country',<br> <br> membership to the Chairman's Lounge has <br> <br> long been veiled in secrecy.<br> <br> <br> <br> Even the entrances to each of the country's six opulent <br> <br> VIP clubs - in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth airports - are suitably discreet.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Though, once inside, the designer lounges are immediately more ostentatious, <br> <br> with free à la carte fine dining, table service, a decadent selection of wines and Champagne and a discreet army of dedicated lounge attendants.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Membership to the club is 'priceless' - it cannot be bought for any <br> <br> amount of money nor obtained via any amount of <br> <br> frequent flyers points.<br> <br> <br> <br> Instead, each member is hand-picked and approved by the company's chief executive and <br> <br> chairman.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Qantas<br> <br> <br> <br> my web-site :: ดอกไม้หน้าโลง ราคา ( laba688.cn - https://laba688.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=5772560 )