Minister linked Qatar Airways decision to treatment of Australian women at Doha airport, FoI reveals
by Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporte from World news | The Guardian on (#6FAW7)
Exclusive: federal government coordinated letters to the women and Qatari officials when they formally rejected the request for extra routes
The coordinated timing of two key letters sent by the federal government about its decision to block extra flights for Qatar Airways, released under freedom of information, raise fresh questions about the role an incident at Doha airport played in the rejection.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) was consulted over a letter that the transport minister, Catherine King, was preparing to send to five Australian women suing Qatar Airways, telling them the airline's push for more flights had been rejected, FoI documents reveal.
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