Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the prime minister should refer himself to the National Anti-Corruption Commission after evading questions about whether he made personal requests to former Qantas boss Alan Joyce for free flight upgrades.
Anthony Albanese fronted the media and returned fire after Nine Newspapers reported he had a direct line to Mr Joyce while in the transport portfolio, which he used to request upgrades to business class through the Qantas Chairman's Lounge program.
He dismissed that claim by columnist Joe Aston as made by a "person who is trying to sell a book", repeating that all free flight upgrades he had received had been properly declared.
Mr Albanese said the only discussions he could recall with Mr Joyce at the time were "not through calls", and related to the first A380 flight from Australia to Dubai.
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