AFR's Joe Aston goes BAM!

[Pushka]

Just purchased the book on kindle for reading while in Bali. $13 something so a good holiday read. Couldn't see it in any airport bookstores in Adelaide or Sydney. Already a best seller on Amazon.

 

[CaptJCool]

Just purchased the book on kindle for reading while in Bali. $13 something so a good holiday read. Couldn't see it in any airport bookstores in Adelaide or Sydney. Already a best seller on Amazon.

Twas in the old Regent cinema

 

[Pushka]

I don't really care who asks for an upgrade unless they are in a position of significant influence over Government decisions. And that applies to all flavours.

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Twas in the old Regent cinema

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Out of my way as flying from 7am Adelaide - Sydney - DPS today. Currently in a very peaceful F lounge in Sydney starting to read it. Kindle on IPad so much better for travel but you can't show the cover. And MrP and I can read it together and comment appropriately.

 

[RooFlyer]

Let me sell you a 12ft ladder.

thanks! I forgot about that one.

 

[Pushka]

Let me sell you a 12ft ladder.

Weirdly this isn't working in Qantas F Sydney. I'll try VPN it.

Yep. VPN sorted that little issue out.

 

[OZDUCK]

And as was only to be expected there is now much scrambling to 'correct the record'.

Liberal MP adds several undisclosed flight upgrades as politicians begin combing through old flight records

Liberal MP Jenny Ware adds three previously undisclosed flight upgrades she received, while Shadow Transport Minister Bridget McKenzie asks airlines to check her history for any missing declarations.

www.abc.net.au

 

[TheRealTMA]

Collusion? No just coincidence.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton is seen meeting with the author of The Chairman's Lounge, the book which revealed Anthony Albanese's perks at Qantas, Joe Aston, back in April of this year.

 

[justinbrett]

Collusion? No just coincidence.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton is seen meeting with the author of The Chairman's Lounge, the book which revealed Anthony Albanese's perks at Qantas, Joe Aston, back in April of this year.

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His links with the liberal party are well known. It’s on the first page of the book!

 

[SpudOz]

I bought the book yesterday at Big W for $24...bargain. Im flying QF next week...maybe I will read it while onboard

 

[kamchatsky]

I just wonder how much Joe Aston has been making based on his claim on Albo. I wonder if anyone here in AFF will buy The CL book if there was no mention of Albo.

JA must be laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[Mattg]

I just wonder how much Joe Aston has been making based on his claim on Albo. I wonder if anyone here in AFF will buy The CL book if there was no mention of Albo.

JA must be laughing all the way to the bank.

I was going to buy it anyway. But I do agree with you that this level of publicity must be helping sales. I hope the publicity also shines enough light on the kinds of freebies politicians and public servants are getting from Qantas (and other powerful lobbyists) that it ultimately leads to some positive changes.

 

[justinbrett]

I just wonder how much Joe Aston has been making based on his claim on Albo. I wonder if anyone here in AFF will buy The CL book if there was no mention of Albo.

JA must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Whether or not it’s true it’s marketing genius.

Most (non FFs) think Joyce is old news and it wouldn’t have got much of a mention on mainstream media. Now he’s had a week of free publicity on every news program.

Pretty smart.

 

[33kft]

And as was only to be expected there is now much scrambling to 'correct the record'.

I had the thought yesterday on seeing this that this was heading down a similar path to the whole citizenship debacle a few years ago

Instead of poring over genealogy records, they'll be looking through Facebook photos at where in the cabin MPs were sitting in their recent holiday snaps

 

[TheRealTMA]

I bought the book yesterday at Big W for $24...bargain. Im flying QF next week...maybe I will read it while onboard

Just wait a month and like “Spare” it will be in the remainders bin after the political “sook up” dies down.

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Ahaha. “He never personally asked to use the private jet, his office did” LOL

Peter Dutton’s office asked Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting for flight on private jet

Opposition leader, who says Anthony Albanese is ‘obfuscating’ in his answers on Qantas upgrades, says he never personally asked mining magnate

www.theguardian.com

 

[DejaBrew]

I swear Working Dog Productions could have a field day with all of this

 

[RooFlyer]

I’ve just read the chapter on the illegal sackings matter and the subsequent Cabin crew enterprise bargaining shenanigans with . Lots of court transcripts and lots of quotes from the people involved.

Sad and shocking at the same time.

 

[sudoer]

I swear Working Dog Productions could have a field day with all of this

Already looking forward to next week's HYBPA

 

[MARTINE]

I swear Working Dog Productions could have a field day with all of this

CLUtopia

 

[TheRealTMA]

I’ve just read the chapter on the illegal sackings matter and the subsequent Cabin crew enterprise bargaining shenanigans with . Lots of court transcripts and lots of quotes from the people involved.

Sad and shocking at the same time.

And yet the board members didn’t take a hit at the AGM despite agreeing to all this. Go figure. Puts a few upgrades into context of responsibility.

 

[RooFlyer]

And yet the board members didn’t take a hit at the AGM despite agreeing to all this. Go figure. Puts a few upgrades into context of responsibility.

The entire AWU sackings thing was to take the 'decision' away from Joyce, and delegate it to those below, by mans of questionable mechanisms ("Hey, wasn't me!!"). Justice Lee took a number of Qantas execs to task for their testimony and Senior Counsel Finch looks very bad in the book. There is a lot more here than was reported in the media at the time.

Its a ripper read.