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Hannah Wootton

Wayne Swan whitewashes out the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge

What’s worse: Labor fighting for workers rights from the VIP lounge or Swan’s photo editing skills when he tried to hide it?

Politicians getting their mitts on their own social media accounts rarely ends well. Especially when they post from the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge in the middle of a cost-of-living election.

A collective sigh must have rung through the ALP’s Surry Hills campaign HQ when the young staffers diligently working to save politicians from themselves saw Tanya Plibersek’s Instagram post on Monday.

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Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne. Connect with Hannah on Twitter. Email Hannah at hannah.wootton@afr.com

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