Samantha Maiden

Peter Dutton’s attack on Anthony Albanese has “blown up in his face” after it emerged that a high-profile Liberal frontbencher accepted she may have failed to declare her own Qantas perks.

Labor frontbencher Jason Clare has conceded on Sunrise that he doesn’t know if the Prime Minister ever asked Labor staffers to organise flight upgrades for his private holidays, urging Sunrise host Natalie Barr “ask Albo.”

Anthony Albanese has conceded that he doesn’t know if his taxpayer-funded staff sought flight upgrades for private family holidays as calls mount for an overhaul of politican’s perks.

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Nationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie has conceded she failed to notify Parliament over 16 flight upgrades after leading the attacks on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over his Qantas links.

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Newly unearthed footage showing US Ambassador Kevin Rudd calling President-elect Donald Trump a “village idiot” and “incoherent” has raised fresh questions over his tenure in the diplomatic post.

Donald Trump’s most trusted advisers have warned that the clock may be ticking on Kevin Rudd’s tenure as Australia’s ambassador to the United States after he described the President-elect as a “village idiot”.

Liberal leader Peter Dutton has poured cold water over expectations that high-income earners with a salary over $180,000 can expect to have promised tax cuts restored if he wins the next election.

Kevin Rudd has described Donald Trump’s first presidency as a “walk on the wild side” and an “episodic craziness” in newly-unearthed video that has raised fresh questions over his tenure as Australia’s ambassador to the United States.