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Speaker 1: International correspondence with ins and Eye Insurance Peace of Mind

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Speaker 1: for New Zealand Business.

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Speaker 2: Marie old Ozzie corresponds with us now Mas, good afternoon, Heather, Okay,

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Speaker 2: has Alba made the situation better or worse? What do

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Speaker 2: you reckon?

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Speaker 1: Well? He his office says he's never sought upgrades with

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Speaker 1: personal phone calls to the QUADUS boss of the day,

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Speaker 1: Allan Joyce, nor with anyone else in the company, and

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Speaker 1: the Office of Albanzi hopes that's where it's going to land.

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Speaker 1: Peter Dutton grandstanding his way, he get across the national

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Speaker 1: newspapers and television, urging Albanizi to refer himself to the

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Speaker 1: National Anti Corruption Watch on for goodness say the National

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Speaker 1: Anti Corruption Commission over his relationship with Alan Joyce and

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Speaker 1: also the decision last year Heather to block Katar Airways

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Speaker 1: from making many more flights to and from Australia. The

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Speaker 1: opposition is trying to say the cozy relationship that Albanezi

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Speaker 1: enjoyed with Allan Joyce and Quadas in terms of getting upgrades,

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Speaker 1: that was repaid by blocking a rival carrier from coming in.

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Speaker 1: I mean any criminal conduct, no, any breach. Ad Ministerial guidelines. Well,

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Speaker 1: not that I can see. But is it a good look?

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Speaker 1: Of course it's not. And does it pass the pub test?

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Speaker 1: We said the other day though it doesn't. But all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, you've got people on the opposition over here.

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Speaker 1: Bridget mackenzie is one of the Nationals heavyweights. She's having

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Speaker 1: to go back. Shit. No, I've never had an upgrade

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, yesterday she has. Yes, in fact,

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Speaker 1: I've had many upgrades of her. But I'm going to

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Speaker 1: order my flight details. We'll good on you, mate. They

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Speaker 1: all do it. Albert easy Steadfast saying I did nothing wrong. No, no, no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: but made. I don't know where the MP's going to

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Speaker 1: flop on this. It's just a bad bad lookers, now

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Speaker 1: answer something for him.

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Speaker 2: Does did Elbow get upgrades?

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Speaker 1: Apparently yes?

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Speaker 2: Okay, So how did he get upgrades if he didn't

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Speaker 2: ask anyone in quantus for upgrades? How did that happen?

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, he was the shadow Transport minister, then

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Speaker 1: he was the Transport Minister, than he wasn't he was

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Speaker 1: back shadow again after the government lost.

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Speaker 2: This is bs This is BS muss because on his

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Speaker 2: kind of dime, he would absolutely be buying himself a

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Speaker 2: nice little ticket.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 2: The only reason you buy yourself an economy ticket, if

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Speaker 2: you were hammer is because you know you're going to

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Speaker 2: get an upgrade.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but we're talking here about you know, not personal flights,

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Speaker 1: about business, about you know, MP flights.

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Speaker 2: Oh right, are they always economy? Are they?

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Speaker 1: Well? Allegedly, but look it's it's absolutely opaque. They don't

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Speaker 1: want the PLBs like me to look aside and see

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Speaker 1: the perks they're on. They never touched it, They never

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Speaker 1: touched their wallets for anything.

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Speaker 2: The whole thing does. It's weird, isn't it weird that

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Speaker 2: he took so long though to deny that he asked

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Speaker 2: for any upgrades?

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Speaker 1: Like why did he do that? I mean, it's look,

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Speaker 1: he is just honestly he's been. He's like he's being

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Speaker 1: diminished every day that he puts his melon up with

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Speaker 1: another high vers vest on making yet more excuses. It

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Speaker 1: just looks.

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Speaker 2: It looks terrible, it really does. Motz thanks mate, well,

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Speaker 2: have to leave it there, appreciate it. Murray Olds Australia

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Speaker 2: correspondent Barry Sopers with us Nick. For more from Hither

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