And on another note
How is this little nugget from the little nugget of hypocrisy. Hahaha the little bantam is accepting a bit of luxury from the big polluter.
Do I smell a Royal Commission. Qantas is in it up to there.........
Adam Bandt said people 'can make their own judgment' about him enjoying an exclusive and discretionary perk from Qantas in a tense exchange with a journalist.
The Greens leader has been outed as a member of the Qantas Chairman's Lounge, an invitation-only set of catered waiting areas and services handed out by the airline in what has been called 'Australia's most exclusive club'.
Mr Bandt was challenged on Monday by ABC Radio National stand-in host Steve Cannane that he was 'enjoying free hospitality from a company that has illegally sacked hundreds of workers'.
Mr Bandt replied: 'And I’ll declare that and people can make their own judgement about what they think about that.'
Cannane was referring to the Federal Court's ruling that Qantas illegally sacked 1,700 workers at the start of the Covid pandemic in a case brought by Transport Workers Union.
Commenting on the sacking in June of 2020, Mr Bandt called it a 'devastating day for thousands of Qantas workers & their families' in a Facebook post. 'We’re thinking of you,' he wrote.
Cannane challenged Mr Bandt further saying: 'You don't think you should be a little purer on this and just not take their (Qantas's) hospitality?'
Mr Bandt said he always made declarations about matters such as this and argued that the party's policies to tax big corporations heavily show the perks were not impacting the Greens.
