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  The existence of an exclusive hideaway for the country's movers and shakers where secret deals
  were done in private luxury first exploded into the public eye back in 2007.
  
  
  
  Back then, the fact that Qantas spent hundreds of thousands
  of dollars wining and dining the nation's political elite in ultra-exclusive VIP
  lounges was relatively unknown.
  
  It was a time before Alan Joyce's tenure as the CEO of Qantas had even started, when he was boss of the comparatively lowly budget airline, Jetstar.
  
  
  And unlike Anthony Albanese's current slide in the polls leading up to an election in next year, the prospects back in 2007 were rosy for Labor. 
  
  The election that was looming was the 'Kevin 07'
  landslide that would see Kevin Rudd become prime minister and John Howard
  lose his own seat. 
  
  The issue which blew open the 'guilty secret' of the Chairman's Lounge then wasn't about a prime minister's privileges, although John Howard and Kevin Rudd were certainly both members
  during their terms as PM. 
  
  But when broadcaster Steve Price - himself a long time Chairman's Lounge member -
  revealed a politically charged remark made within the club's hallowed walls, the cat was out of the bag.
  
  
  The political revelation - a comment by ex-rock star
  turned senator Peter Garrett that Labor would change the policies it campaigned on if it
  won government - did not deter his party from romping in on election day.
  
  
  In contrast, the scandal currently engulfing Anthony
  Albanese about his Chairman's Lounge membership and
  that of his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt, and their son Nathan could bring down the prime
  minister.   
  
  
  
  
  The exclusive Qantas Chairman's Lounge (above)
  has been a well-kept secret for years, but it exploded into the public conscience in 2007 as the result of a
  political furore
  
  
  
  
  
  Broadcaster Steve Price revealed he had been a
  Chairman's Lounge member since 2002 during a row before the 2007 election won by Kevin Rudd which let
  the cat out of the bag about the VIP club
  
  The existence of the lounge was so little known back in 2007 that in defending his
  disclosure of Garrett's remark, Steve Price had to explain what the private enclave actually was.
  
  
  
  In a first person piece he wrote: 'The Chairman's Lounge
  is a separate frequent flyers lounge away from the crowded normal Qantas Club. 
  
  'As its name implies, the people given access to it are approved by the Qantas chairman, Margaret Jackson. 
  
  'I have been a Chairman's Lounge member since 2002.'
  
  In his opinion piece, Price also revealed TV entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins was also
  a member of lounge.
  
  Wilkins had also been inside at the time and was his only witness to the remark Price
  said Garrett had made.
  
  Other prominent media figures, such as 60 Minutes reporters, actors and performers, and well-known writers and sports people are said to be among the
  lounge's exclusive membership of around 6000.
  
  
  Price went on to defend himself for reporting what some claimed was a confidential
  conversation in a private place, but which exposed him
  to criticism over his own membership for allegedly promoting Qantas
  on his radio show.
  
  
  
  
  Back in 2007, Alan Joyce (left) was boss of the comparatively lowly budget airline Jetstar,
  and then Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon (right) had the power over who made
  the cut to the Chairman's Lounge
  
  
  
  
  
  One observer has described the relationship bet6ween leading politicians such as PM Anthony
  Albanese and the former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce (above) as 'alarmingly
  cosy'
  
  'Why on earth is Qantas giving a controversial shock jock membership of its Chairman's
  Lounge, which is supposedly to enable our elite politicians and business leaders some privacy from the hoi polloi?' demanded Crikey reporter Stephen Mayne at
  the time.
  
  'The Chairman's Lounge is meant to be all about discretion and confidentiality,' he said,
  accusing Price of breaking 'a confidence'.
  
  The following year, before he was succeeded as Qantas CEO by Alan Joyce, Geoff Dixon was the sole gatekeeper of
  entry into the club's hushed confines.
  
  Qantas Chairman's Lounge membership was 'so exclusive that
  you have to be personally invited by the airline's chieftain', Nine newspapers
  reported in 2008.
  
  'A marvellous benefit of lounge membership is
  that the mega rich and powerful avoid having to mingle with the riffraff who will be travelling cattle class.
  
  
  'Having said that, members of the ultra-exclusive club have
  included Pauline Hanson.
  
  'Another lounge member is Brad Cooper, who is currently enjoying a
  prolonged exposure to cattle-class in Kirkconnell Correctional
  Centre.' (Cooper was the former HIH insurance executive
  jailed for eight years on fraud and bribery offences).
  
  
  
  
  
  Membership of the elite lounge is confined to about 6000 Australians including politicians from both sides, senior public servants,
  TV stars and actors
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The 'scandal' currently engulfing Anthony Albanese about
  his Chairman's Lounge membership and that of his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt, and their son Nathan could bring down the prime minister (above the PM with partner Jodie Haydon and
  ex-Qantas CEO Alan Joyce)
  
  The report noted that politicians declaring membership of the lounge 'which most of
  their spouses got too' in their pecuniary interests that year included Liberal MPs of
  the day, Philip Ruddock, Bob Baldwin and Andrew Southcott.
  
  
  Labor MPs with lounge privileges included Tanya Plibersek,
  Bob McMullan, and Sharon Grierson, and Martin Ferguson declared a bottle of
  Grange hermitage as a gift from Qantas, as
  did Liberal, Christopher Pyne.
  
  Asked if all MPs got the captain's pick from Geoff Dixon,
  the airline's spokesperson  told Nine: 'We like to
  retain a bit of mystery. Membership is by invitation only and it is reviewed periodically.'
  
  Fast forward to today, and nearly every single federal politician in the country
  has accepted free membership of the controversial, invitation-only lounge with one even describing it as an 'entitlement'. 
  
  Qantas and the Albanese government recently denied the 'very,
  very high-end perk' gives the airline a disproportionate level of influence over the country's politicians.
  
  
  
  They were commenting ahead of the launch of the new book The Chairman's Lounge by former Australian Financial Review columnist Joe Aston, which
  has stirred up the controversy. 
  
  A Daily Mail Australia audit of the members' interest registers - in both Federal Parliament's House of
  Representatives and the Senate - revealed
  almost 93 per cent of the nation's leaders have been 'gifted' membership to the lavish, all-inclusive lounge.
  
  
  
  Mr Albanese has defended himself by saying he declared all
  his benefits in pecuniary interest statements. 
  
  At a press conference this week, he repeated that all of his upgrades 'have been declared
  as appropriate. What's appropriate is transparency.'  
  
  Apart from the PM, members include every one of his 22-person Cabinet, his
  seven-person Outer Ministry and all 12 assistant ministers.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PM Anthony Albanese and every member of his 22-person Cabinet, his
  seven-person Outer Ministry and all 12 assistant ministers are members of
  the exclusive Chairman's Lounge
  
  
  
  
  
  Entry to the country's six opulent VIP clubs are suitably discreet, but once inside, the designer
  lounges offer free à la carte fine dining, table service and a discreet army of dedicated lounge attendants
  
  On the Coalition side of parliament, Opposition Leader Peter
  Dutton, deputy leader David Littleproud and former
  deputy Barnaby Joyce are also among the swathes of politicians who
  have disclosed they have taken up free membership to the contentious club.
  
  
  Bill Shorten is a member, Tanya Plibersek is still a member and so
  is Teal MP, Zali Steggall.
  
  Last year it was reported that Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairwoman Gina Cass-Gottlieb and Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Joe Longo and some of their
  deputies are members of the Chairman's Lounge despite regulating
  the airline. 
  
  Senior public servants in the club included Department of Prime Minister
  and Cabinet secretary Glyn Davis, deputy secretaries Nadine Williams, Liz Hefren-Webb,
  Rachel Bacon and ambassador to Beijing, Scott Dewar.
  
  Other Qantas freebies bestowed on members include numerous business class flight
  upgrades, model Qantas aircrafts, frequent flyer points, and tickets to sporting and entertainment events. 
  
  Touted as 'the most exclusive club in the country', membership to the Chairman's Lounge is still veiled in secrecy.
  
  
  
  
  
  The new book The Chairman's Lounge by former Australian Financial Review columnist Joe Aston (above) has stirred up the controversy 
  
  
  
  
  
  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairwoman Gina Cass-Gottlieb and Australian Securities
  and Investments Commission chairman Joe Longo are members despite regulating the airline
  
  Even the entrances to each of the country's six opulent VIP clubs
  - in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and
  Perth airports - are suitably discreet.
  
  Once inside, however, the designer lounges are noticeably luxurious,
  with free à la carte fine dining, table service, a decadent selection of
  wines and Champagne and a discreet army of dedicated lounge
  attendants.
  
  Virgin Airlines has its own version of the VIP enclave, the 'Beyond' lounge. 
  
  Only a handful of federal politicians have relinquished their membership to
  the Qantas Chairman's Lounge in the wake of the furore.
  
  
  The select few to take a principled stand
  on the issue include South Australian senator Barbara Pocock and former Wallabies star turned ACT senator David Pocock, along
  with MPs Stephen Bates, Queensland Green Elizabeth Watson-Brown, and Monique
  Ryan, a Teal from Victoria.
  
  Geoffrey Watson SC, a former counsel assisting the Independent Commission Against
  Corruption and a director of the Centre for Public Integrity, has implored all politicians and policymakers to follow suit.
  
  
  'There are certain positions in life where you cannot take Chairman's Club membership,' he said.
  
  
  'You're taking public money for the job and you are supposed to represent the public.
  Why not sit with them while you're waiting for a plane?'
  
  
  QantasAnthony Albanese
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  Identity confusion is the theme throughout the entire film, as the title suggests, but the ending of the second instalment may leave some fans surprised. 
  
  Following on from 2019's psychological thriller from director Todd Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix reprises
  his role as clown Arthur Fleck who has descended into mental illness. 
  
  Folie à Deux begins with Arthur behind bars in Arkham Asylum,
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  In the meantime he is enjoying his celebrity status with fellow prisoners and
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  The Joker's real identity was revealed in Folie à Deux's 'brutal ending' - and it's not who you think
  
  
  
  
  
  Identity confusion is the theme throughout the entire
  film, as the title suggests, but the ending of the second instalment may leave
  some fans surprised
  
  Lady Gaga plays Harleen 'Lee' Quinzel, a fellow inmate on her way, fans believe, to becoming Joker's
  girlfriend Harley Quinn. 
  
  The pair hit it off at a music therapy class, and are
  soon mutually smitten, but Lee makes it clear that she loves the dangerously charismatic
  Joker, 'clown prince of crime', not the gloomily introspective
  Arthur.
  
  Eventually, after Arthur's high-profile TV appearance with a smug
  interviewer played by Steve Coogan, it is time for
  the trial, with all of Gotham gripped by the subject of multiple personality
  disorder. 
  
  His lawyer (Catherine Keener) strives to show that Joke is accused of five murders,
  rather than Arthur. Lee just as urgently wants him
  to identify as his demonic alter ego. 
  
  In the final scenes, Arthur renounces his Joker alter-ego and is found guilty of first-degree murder.
  
  
  As he is being sentenced a car bomb detonates outside the court,
  with two people helping Arthur escape, but he is later caught by the police and
  taken back to Arkham. 
  
  In the Asylum a young patient begins to tell Arthur a joke, before
  stabbing him in the stomach and while he bleeds to death, carves a smile into his own face. 
  
  It raises questions surrounding the Joker's true identity, as it would seem
  he never went on to become the famed villain, instead he was just the person who inspired the man who eventually became him. 
  
  
  
  
  Folie à Deux begins with Arthur behind bars in Arkham Asylum, waiting to see
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  thing, it's not changing anything. 
  
  'In some ways, he's accepted the fact that he's always been Arthur Fleck;
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  that he represents. 
  
  'He's an unwitting icon. This thing was placed on him, and he doesn't want to live as a fake anymore — he wants to be who he is.'
  
  The movie serves as a follow-up to Phoenix's 2019 box office hit,
  which was simply titled Joker. 
  
  The Todd Phillips-directed musical was released in theatres
  on October 4, following an October 2 international release. 
  
  
  Lady GagaBrendan GleesonJoaquin Phoenix
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