Allegra Spender 退出澳洲航空和维珍休息室会员资格

记者乔·阿斯顿 (Joe Aston) 在新书《主席休息室》中指控总理亲自向澳航前首席执行官艾伦·乔伊斯 (Alan Joyce) 请求 20 多次航班升级，引发了一场有关休息室福利的政治风暴。

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.

独立议员阿莱格拉·斯彭德 (Allegra Spender) 退出了澳洲航空和维珍休息室的会员资格，此前有指控称，澳大利亚总理安东尼·艾博尼斯 (Anthony Albanese) 亲自向澳洲航空前首席执行官艾伦·乔伊斯 (Alan Joyce) 请求了 20 多次航班升级。

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.

这些指控包含在记者乔·阿斯顿的新书《主席休息室》中，并引发了一场关于国会议员休息室福利的政治风暴。

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

斯彭德女士告诉澳大利亚广播公司：“我认为让人们看到议员们自己掏钱是非常重要的。”

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

“我认为社区对此有期望，而且我认为这是正确的做法。”

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，她从未使用过休息室会员资格，并且在听到这些指控后立即退出了会员资格。

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

“我对乔·阿斯顿书中读到的指控感到非常惊讶和失望，”她说。

“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.”

“我认为政府的透明度和问责制非常重要，我认为这是一个需要进一步调查的问题。”

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

总理否认了这些指控，称这些指控“完全不真实”。

“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.

“我一生中从未要求过升级，也从未收到过未付费的升级，”阿尔巴尼斯先生周一告诉记者。

“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.”

“我认为重要的是我们要关注对澳大利亚人民重要的问题，而不是陷入这些指控之中。”

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

但反对党领袖彼得·达顿表示，这些指控“非常严重”，需要进行调查。

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

达顿表示：“总理需要坦白这一点并做出解释。”

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

“如果这些指控属实，那么这明显违反了部长标准，他应该辞职。”

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.

这些指控是阿尔巴尼亚政府继前原住民部长琳达·伯尼因差旅费丑闻辞职后发生的一系列丑闻中的最新一起。