Ms CATHERINE KING (Ballarat—Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) (14:30): As I've repeatedly said, these are routine decisions of government. There's nothing remarkable about transport ministers making decisions on international air service agreements to reflect our national interest. I've done it, we did it when we were last in office and former ministers opposite did exactly the same. I acknowledge that the member for Riverina is noting that. On 10 July, I took the decision not to agree to Qatar Civil Aviation Authority's request to double, by 28 services a week, the number of flights from Australia's four major airports—four times any request that has ever been granted before. I informed the Prime Minister— The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. Ms CATHERINE KING: I informed the Prime Minister prior to my decision being made public, and normally these decisions are not made public. And, for context, my office had received multiple media requests about the women who were escorted off a Qatar Airways flight in Doha and subject to invasive searches and their views on the air services agreement request from Qatar. Ms Ley interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has asked her question. Ms CATHERINE KING: Can I just say, the deputy leader—this is constant. I'm just about to get to that, if you'd just— M s Ley interjecting— Ms CATHERINE KING: I am just about to get to that. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition can just listen to the minister. I want to hear what she has to say in response to the deputy leader's question just as much as anyone. Ms CATHERINE KING: Again, I said, for context, my office had received multiple media requests about the women who were escorted off the Qatar Airways flight in Doha and subject to invasive searches and their views on the air services agreement requests from Qatar. We responded to the media requests on 18 July, by which point the Prime Minister was aware of the decision that I had made.