Political dependence on Qantas is deepening

There’s nothing like accumulating status credits with someone else’s money.

How else to explain Qantas’ extraordinary dominance in providing reservations for MPs and their staff? Sure, bosses come into the President’s Lounge, but grunts don’t. Former Minister of Finance Lindsay Tanner he may have abolished the parliamentary accumulation of frequent flyer points, but lifetime status points are still up for grabs, accrued for every dismal flight to Canberra and back.

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