ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
A local man has weighed into the controversy surrounding the Prime Minister enjoying “free upgrades” on Qantas from time to time, telling The Advocate that he’d be pretty worried about the state of the nation if he saw Anthony Albanese chowing down in economy class coming home from America.
“He might’ve grown up in public housing and all that jazz,” said Fred Gurney, a pool chemical entrepreneur who frequently travels both interstate and international.
“But that doesn’t mean he should be sitting in economy class. I’d expect the flag carrier to offer him an upgrade where available. And those people in Opposition howling over this. Peter Dutton’s acting like he’s never been upgraded. I’ve seen him personally sitting in business class, knocking back a glass of sparkling while the rest of us have to shuffle past him. His tubby, fake moleskin-wearing staffer with a disgraceful moustache sitting behind him. Looking like the Esk version of Shane Gillis,”
“I don’t have an issue with the Prime Minister, the Opposition leader, our friend in the west David Littleproud and his happy-go-lucky rival down south Barnaby Joyce or any cabinet or shadow cabinet person getting an upgrade where they can. They’re doing an important job, well, they should be. What do they want Albo to do? Get on the XPT? Get on the Spirit of Queensland? Hop on the Tilt Train to Rocky? Sure but don’t expect him to do much if he’s wasting all that time getting places,”
“It’s not that I’m on Albo’s pole about it. It’s the Opposition going off like a string of Shetland ponies in a thunderstorm. Glass houses.”
The Advocate reached out to the office of the Prime Minister for comment but we’re told it would be covered in our bi-weekly strategy call with his media team tomorrow.
More to come.
