CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – SUBSIDIES FOR PRIVATE JETS ALL PART OF THE MORRISON GOVERNMENT’S PLAN FOR AVIATION – TUESDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2020

The Deputy Prime Minister confirmed today that the Morrison Government has been using their aviation support package to subsidise the use of private jets.

Through the Morrison Government’s aviation support package, tens of thousands of dollars have been delivered through air services charge rebates to Crown Casino, Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy, Leppington Pastoral Company and other members of Australia’s business and financial elite.

This means that at the same time the Prime Minister was denying support to Dnata workers he was handing money to Clive Palmer.

Labor has been calling for the Morrison Government to come up with a plan for aviation – we didn’t mean a plan for private jets.

As Australia hurtles towards a trillion dollars of Liberal debt, the Prime Minister needs to explain why he is spending borrowed money subsidising luxury flights.

TUESDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2020