Allegra Spender 退出澳洲航空和維珍休息室會員資格

記者喬·阿斯頓(Joe Aston) 在新書《主席休息室》中指控總理親自向澳航前首席執行官艾倫·喬伊斯(Alan Joyce) 請求20 多次航班升級，引發了一場有關休息室福利的政治風暴。

Independent MP Allegra Spender has quit her memberships to Qantas and Virgin lounges, following allegations Prime Minister Anthony Albanese personally solicited more than 20 flight upgrades from former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce.

獨立議員阿萊格拉·斯彭德(Allegra Spender) 退出了澳洲航空和維珍休息室的會員資格，此前有指控稱，澳大利亞總理安東尼·艾博尼斯(Anthony Albanese) 親自向澳洲航空前首席執行官艾倫喬伊斯(Alan Joyce) 請求了20 多次航班升級。

The allegations are contained in journalist Joe Aston’s new book ‘The Chairman’s Lounge’, and have sparked a political firestorm about lounge perks for MPs.

這些指控包含在記者喬·阿斯頓的新書《主席休息室》中，並引發了一場關於國會議員休息室福利的政治風暴。

“I think it’s really important that members of parliament are seen to be paying their own way,” Ms Spender told the ABC.

斯彭德女士告訴澳洲廣播公司：“我認為讓人們看到議員自己付錢是非常重要的。”

“I think the community expects that, and I think it’s the right thing to do.”

“我認為社區對此有期望，而且我認為這是正確的做法。”

Ms Spender said she had never used her lounge memberships, and that she quit them as soon as she heard about the allegations.

斯彭德女士表示，她從未使用過休息室會員資格，並且在聽到這些指控後立即退出了會員資格。

“I was really surprised and disappointed by the allegations that I read in Joe Aston’s book,” she said.

「我對喬·阿斯頓書中讀到的指控感到非常驚訝和失望，」她說。

“I think it’s really important that we have transparency and accountability in our government, and I think this is a matter that needs to be investigated further.”

“我認為政府的透明度和問責制非常重要，我認為這是一個需要進一步調查的問題。”

The Prime Minister has denied the allegations, calling them “completely untrue”.

總理否認了這些指控，稱這些指控「完全不真實」。

“I’ve never asked for an upgrade in my life, and I’ve never received an upgrade that I didn’t pay for,” Mr Albanese told reporters on Monday.

「我一生中從未要求過升級，也從未收到未付費的升級，」阿爾巴尼斯先生週一告訴記者。

“I think it’s important that we focus on the issues that matter to the Australian people, and not get bogged down in these sorts of allegations.”

“我認為重要的是我們要關注對澳大利亞人民重要的問題，而不是陷入這些指控之中。”

But Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the allegations were “very serious” and that they needed to be investigated.

但反對黨領袖彼得·達頓表示，這些指控“非常嚴重”，需要進行調查。

“The Prime Minister needs to come clean on this and explain himself,” Mr Dutton said.

達頓表示：“總理需要坦白這一點並做出解釋。”

“If these allegations are true, then it’s a clear breach of ministerial standards and he should resign.”

“如果這些指控屬實，那麼這明顯違反了部長標準，他應該辭職。”

The allegations are the latest in a string of scandals to hit the Albanese government, following the resignation of former Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney over a travel expenses scandal.

這些指控是阿爾巴尼亞政府繼前原住民部長琳達·伯尼因差旅費醜聞辭職後發生的一系列醜聞中的最新一起。