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Key posts 1 of 2 Albanese safeguards flight upgrades, turns attack on Coalition and Joe Aston By Josefine Ganko Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has actually released a disappointed defence of his openness in workplace in the middle of a furore over his close relationship with previous Qantas chief Alan Joyce and the 22 flight upgrades he has actually gotten. An extract from previous AFR writer Joe Aston’s The Chairman’s Lounge, released in Good Weekend on Saturday, exposed that Albanese and Joyce communicated straight on the upgrades for his household and individual travel. Filling Albanese states he has actually been “totally transparent” about his flight upgrades, stating all his flights in an “suitable method.” The PM rotated his defence to an attack on Peter Dutton and the Coalition. “My flights were industrial with Qantas or Virgin or Emirates. They were all stated in the suitable method. I didn’t need to state any flights on personal jets owned by billionaires like Gina Rinehart since I have not participated in it, it’s as basic as that,” Albanese stated. “It’s up to Mr Dutton to describe how those flights were arranged to personal celebrations.” Albanese likewise declared he was “far from being the most often updated parliamentarian”, calling shadow interactions minister Paul Fletcher as having actually stated 69 flight upgrades. The prime minister then turned his attacks to the author of the book, Joe Aston, implicating him of having links to the Liberal celebration: I simply make the point that the individual who is attempting to offer a book, and reasonable enough, I do not see statements that he’s a previous Liberal Party staffer for a variety of senior members of the Liberal celebration, consisting of Joe Hockey and Bruce Baird. I do not see statements in June, simply a couple of months earlier, he was a visitor him and John Howard, a Liberal Party fundraising event in the electorate of Wentworth.” Aston stated in his book that he was formerly a Liberal staffer and worked for Qantas. Newest posts 12.56 pm Inquest validates misaligned police Rogerson’s last minutes By Liam Mannix Notorious jagged police Roger Rogerson passed away after suffering a significant stroke while bedridden and getting “end-of-life care”, an inquest has actually validated. The previous NSW investigator passed away in the Prince of Wales Hospital on January 21, 2024 after suffering an intracerebral haemorrhage. The 83-year-old had actually been serving a life sentence in the aged care system of Long Bay prison, for the execution-style murder of drug dealership Jamie Gao in 2014. Rogerson was stated dead at 11.14 pm on January 21, with a subsequent post mortem validating the cause of death to be a stroke. Rogerson lost a series of appeals for his murder conviction, consisting of a 2023 High Court judgment that guaranteed he would pass away in prison for the criminal offense. Rogerson constantly declared he was innocent and had
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