Trash Why didnt you post the rest of the paragraph.? You know the one that said:
Ms Gillard conceded Mr Joyce did contact her office before he grounded the aircraft, but said he had not asked to speak to her.
"He did not make a request to speak to me about these matters. He understood that I was at CHOGM but in any event he had made it crystal clear to the Minister for Transport that he would be grounding the planes at 5pm - no ifs, no buts," she said.
This morning Mr Joyce said Qantas respected the decision of the workplace umpire and described reports that the fleet would not have been grounded if Ms Gillard had taken the call as "misinformation".
"We had talked to three senior ministers. I had no expectation to talk to the Prime Minister - I knew she was tied up with CHOGM," he said.
================================= The reality and the spin.
