Former Labor MP Graham Richardson says the Labor government has done a “number of things wrong” on the Qatar Airways dilemma. The government recently blocked Qatar Airways’ request for additional flights into Australia - one of its reasons for the decision relating to the strip search incident involving 13 Australian women at an airport in Doha. “The first one is getting involved to try and stop this at all,” Mr Richardson told Sky News Australia. “Because I think the more airlines come in, the more seats there are, the cheaper seats get. “The mob out there, they don’t care whether it’s Qatar or any other airline, they want a cheap seat.”
Former Labor MP Graham Richardson says the Labor government has done a “number of things wrong” on the Qatar Airways dilemma.
The government recently blocked Qatar Airways’ request for additional flights into Australia - one of its reasons for the decision relating to the strip search incident involving 13 Australian women at an airport in Doha. “The first one is getting involved to try and stop this at all,” Mr Richardson told Sky News Australia.“The mob out there, they don’t care whether it’s Qatar or any other airline, they want a cheap seat.”
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