[naturalman1975]

It’s bigger than anything we’ve used before - and the advantage is interoperability with the rest of the RAAF fleet and with the Qantas fleet as well (I haven’t checked but in the past Qantas has been involved in maintaining the RAAF’s large jet fleet).

[Gay State Conservative]

I've always thought that planes that carry world leaders was all about prestige.The President of the United States arrives in a 747...soon to be replaced by the new 747-8 (modified,or course),the "President" of China arrives in some sort of Concordeski-type craft and Merkel arrives in a Junker JU-88.

I hope the Prime Minister's aircraft will feature the lyrics of Waltzing Matilda on the side,it being the second greatest "national anthem" of all (after The Star Spangled Banner,of course).