Over the course of nearly a week, the prime minister batted away questions about the Qantas upgrade scandal before eventually comprehensively denying he contacted Alan Joyce for upgrades.
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The prime minister’s office told Guardian Australia the free flight upgrades had been on the record “for more than two decades”. Here’s how it all played out
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