‘I apologise’: McKenzie reveals 16 free flight upgrades

Ronald Mizen and Tom McIlroy

Updated Nov 6, 2024 – 5.30pm, first published at 4.07pm

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Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie’s frontbench position is safe despite her failure to report 16 free business-class flight upgrades, which sparked calls from Labor for her to explain numerous breaches of parliamentary rules.

Coalition MPs said Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Nationals leader David Littleproud were unlikely to sack Senator McKenzie because the move would spark leadership unrest with the junior Coalition partner.

Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.