6 Nov 2024

Australia: Airbus Albo, ABC apology, the Big Race

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 6 November 2024
08 November 2021, Saxony, Dresden: A Qantas Airways Airbus A380 takes off from Dresden Airport. The aircraft will make the long-haul flight to Sydney following maintenance work at Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW). Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Kahnert / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa via AFP

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the allegations continuing to dog Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, after a new book on how Qantas manages to corner the business travel market canvassed his friendship with then-CEO Alan Joyce.

The ABC has apologised after an inquiry into a series of controversial TV stories about alleged war crimes in Afghanistan contained footage with doctored audio.

And the race that stops the nation didn't stop Parliament yesterday - but MPs tried.

Karen Middleton is the political editor of The Guardian Australia

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