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NSW taxpayers dealt double power punch

Both Labor and Coalition governments are responsible for the state's current electricity woes.

Newcastle Herald

Former Qantas chief Alan Joyce paid $21.4m for final full year in charge

Annual report reveals huge pay deal but also says former CEO could lose some of the packet due to ‘clawback’ provisions

The Guardian - AU

Qantas may cancel half of Joyce's $21m golden handshake

Qantas chairman Richard Goyder says customers have lost trust in the airline and flagged action on executive salaries, which could cost Alan Joyce millions.

AAP

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Qantas CEO to sit down with union leader, lawyers

Recently appointed Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson will need to be in the room when lawyers discuss compensation for workers the airline illegally sacked.

AAP

Forget ground staff — Qantas should have outsourced its entire board

For an airline to lose all credibility and loyalty in a mere 15 years is a national shame, say Crikey readers.

Crikey

$76,500: the Price we pay for Jacinta’s flights

Senator and anti-‘elites’ No campaigner Jacinta Nampijinpa Price flew business class 76 times between May last year and June this year at a cost to taxpayers of $76,509.19, and eligible NSW households will get an energy bills rebate of up to $350.

Crikey

Qatar Airways CEO says Australian decision to block flights ‘very unfair’

Akbar al-Baker says was surprised by the rejection, given the airline was ‘supportive of Australia’ during the pandemic.

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‘Not many airlines do such a dumb thing’: how outsourcing took Qantas from soaring to sore

The flying kangaroo’s outsourcing frenzy has resulted in subpar maintenance, ‘putrid’ cabin conditions and poor payment for crew members.

Crikey

Where's the sport in targeting injured players like Kalyn Ponga?

'Such tactics ... amount to thuggery.'

Newcastle Herald

Other airlines wait in the wings as Qantas suffers severe turbulence

Alan Joyce has shredded all loyalty felt towards what used to be Australia’s favourite airline, say Crikey readers.

Crikey

63 MPs call on US to free Assange

Sixty-three MPs and senators have written a strong letter calling on the US to stop persecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and warning of ‘a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia’ if he is extradited from the UK, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wants to stop Canberra becoming a ‘boom market’…

Crikey

Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic, rules court

‘These workers have been put through hell. Their lives have been dislocated’

The Independent UK

High Court ruling vindicates sacked Qantas workers but doesn't stop the outsourcing of jobs in the future

Qantas faces a potentially huge compensation payout to sacked workers, in a further knock to the carrier’s already diminished reputation.

The Conversation

‘Workers put through hell’: Qantas loses High Court appeal over sacking of 1,700 staff

As one pilot remarked, ‘Pity Joyce wasn’t here to face the fire that he caused. Hopefully some more heads will roll’.

Crikey

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The Guardian - AU

High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic

Decision exposes embattled airline to mammoth compensation bill in major win for the Transport Workers Union

Crikey

No camp’s strategy: fear over fact

The No camp’s volunteers have been told to use ’emotive language’ to sow feelings of ‘uncertainty, doubt or fear’, and former Morrison government minister Karen Andrews accuses an unnamed colleague of breathing on her neck and making suggestive comments.

Crikey

Richard Goyder’s days as Qantas chairman are numbered — and deservedly so

Having lost his prized status as doyen of corporate Australia, it’ll be a miracle if the Qantas chairman lasts till Christmas.

Crikey

Labor fought to protect Qantas’ Europe business — but it’s an illusion

The national carrier’s alliance with Emirates, which governs an international network of flights, is by no means an equal partnership.

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The Guardian - AU

Qatar Airways has flown into a political storm. Here’s everything you need to know

Prices for international travel have soared as demand outstrips supply. So why has the Australian government denied permission to add more flights?

The Guardian - AU

Qatar Airways, Qantas and Catherine King’s decision: everything the government has said on the saga

As questions about the transport minister’s decision to reject extra Qatar Airways flights into Australia continues, here’s what happened and when

The Guardian - AU

The Qantas saga shows Labor is crunched in a time shift – and there’s no more skating by on the vibe

Voters have been more aspirational during Albanese government’s first term, but economic conditions mean they’ve switched their focus to the here-and-now

Crikey

Big business, CEOs and wage theft: why shareholders might be entitled to protection too

There’s wage theft that many of our biggest companies engage in, and then there’s what happens when shareholders are left to foot the bill for long-departed executives.

Newcastle Herald

Give credit and blame where it's due over the big Qantas handouts

'It wasn't the Albanese government that gave billions'

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Transport Minister Catherine King struggles to find a landing strip amid Qatar turbulence

A few days ago, the furore over the government’s rejection of Qatar Airways’ bid for more flights into major cities was all about cheaper tickets and additional seats.

Crikey

‘All skeleton’: Can Qantas’ new CEO salvage an airline amid the wreckage?

‘What she needs to realise is that she won’t get customers back until she gets the staff back,’ a pilot told Crikey.

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