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The Latest Breaking News from Qantas

Australia fumes over soaring airfares as Qatar Airways flights blocked

Canberra is being accused of protecting national carrier Qantas’s bottom line at the expense of consumers.

Al Jazeera

‘They want ticket prices to keep going up’: pilots hit out at Qantas’ competition stranglehold

Qantas pilots have slammed CEO Alan Joyce, telling Crikey he is ‘intentionally keeping capacity down to keep prices up’.

Crikey

Deception or serious organisational failure? Indictment of Qantas is devastating

Qantas cancelled Canberra flight but kept taking money for tickets, ACCC alleges.

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Qantas cancellations: ACCC taking airline to court alleging it sold tickets for planes that would never fly

Australian consumer watchdog launches legal action against Qantas alleging it engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct

The Guardian - AU

Raising our Voice

The campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is officially off and running after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced October 14 as the date of the referendum, and Gabon is the latest African country to suffer a military takeover after a group of officers seized power on Wednesday.

Crikey

If price caps are good enough for the gas oligopoly, they’re good enough for Qantas

The airline is damaging the economy with its profiteering. It’s time to impose price caps, just like those imposed on the gas industry.

Crikey

Climate report gets Albo all hot and bothered

Anthony Albanese has refused to release even a sanitised version of a report into how the climate crisis will affect national security, and has shunted responsibility for the move to block Qatar Airlines from operating more flights to Australia on to his Transport Minister Catherine King.

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Qantas flight credits: Albanese says customers should get another flight or their money back

PM weighs in on expiring credits but government defends blocking Qatar airways from increasing its flights to Australia

The Guardian - AU

Successful businesses are caught in the crosshairs over cost-of-living pain

Inflation is a cruel tax on the poor and middle class but blaming all corporations for ripping off the public is nonsensical.

Crikey

Something stinks. Should Labor’s Qantas bromance go to the corruption watchdog?

The cosy relationship between the Albanese government and Qantas is crinkling the nose. It needs to be investigated.

Crikey

Five key moments from Qantas boss Alan Joyce’s Senate grilling

Outgoing CEO faces fiery questions on the airline’s credibility, executive pay and ‘hoarding’ of flight slots

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Alan Joyce grilled at Senate inquiry; record number of Australians facing mortgage stress; and Murray cod numbers dwindle

Almost one-third of mortgage holders are at risk of mortgage stress – worse than at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008

The Guardian - AU

CEO grilled at fiery inquiry – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

An Aussie Airline Has Finally Launched A Way To Properly Track Luggage So Thank The Sky Gods

Virgin Australia looks primed and ready to unleash their new bag-tracking app into the world as soon as August 28.

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Fortune

Airline rewards staff with a bonus worth more than $7,000 after posting a record profit - and even its customers can cash in

Up to 21,000 pilots, cabin crew, engineers, and head office staff at Qantas Airways are set to receive around $219 million as a thank-you bonus.

Crikey

Intergenerational report points to the productivity reform the media don’t want to talk about

This latest report suggests that more competition will improve productivity — that’s a message big business doesn’t want to hear.

The Guardian - AU

Labor running ‘protection racket’ for Qantas by blocking extra Qatar airways flights, opposition claims

Peter Dutton tells Today show the price of flights is ‘astronomical’ and competition with Qantas would bring downward pressure on prices

Crikey

Qantas’ bloated profit is built on underpaid workers and overpaying passengers

The national airline’s domestic side went from a $765m loss in 2022 to a profit of $1.27bn in 2023, a 63% leap on pre-COVID numbers.

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The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: the Albanese government has questions to answer on competition

The Albanese government this week announced a review of competition policy. At the same time, it is not able to convincingly explain its decision to refuse Qatar Airways’ bid to expand its flights to Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Qantas record profit: delight for shareholders, distrust and derision from customers

The company has achieved an eye-watering annual profit – but at the expense of soaring ticket prices, record complaints and plummeting trust

Pedestrian.tv

We Figured Out How Coles And Qantas Made Record Profits This Year & Honestly We Hate It

Making this much money during a cost of living crisis honestly feels like chomping on a sour lemon.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Qantas posts record profit; Malka Leifer sentenced to 15 years; and Republicans feud over Trump

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The Guardian - AU

Qantas delivers record $2.47bn profit on back of soaring demand and high ticket prices

CEO Alan Joyce hails ‘remarkable turnaround’ for airline whose results were a stark change from a year earlier, when it fell to a $1.86bn loss

Newcastle Herald

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The Guardian - AU

Australian Senate summons Qantas CEO to appear before cost-of-living inquiry

Qantas boss Alan Joyce called before Australian Senate inquiry to explain high ticket prices and controversial travel credit scheme

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