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Politics latest: PM attempts to reassure Labor ministers over Qantas debacle
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has moved to calm ministers over his Qantas upgrades saga at a Labor meeting, with one attendee telling The Australian the PM was rambling and his monologue was even worse than his widely-panned press conference a day earlier.
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