There's going to be an investigation I'm sure on how well planned in advance the fleet grounding was and who that info was leaked to and who took financial advantage of it. It's going to get messy , expect lots more 'misdated emails' and 'I have no clear memory of that conversation' type statements.
I posted this on 30 October , Hockey is the first one to say it "I can't recall"
Now Mr Hockey has confirmed Qantas told him a grounding of the fleet was on the cards.
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He was asked on ABC TV when he had first heard from Qantas that it was considering grounding its fleet or locking out workers.
"(Qantas has) been saying it around parliament house for the last few weeks," Mr Hockey replied.
"They've been saying it privately and publicly around parliament house for weeks."
Pressed on when he first heard it himself, Mr Hockey said: "I can't recall"
Qantas told me of possible action: Hockey