QANTAS Monopoly Puts Profits Over Service

I spoke in support of Senator Smith's matter of urgency motion on airline competition in Australia to ensure transparency and scrutiny of the industry to protect consumers and promote healthy competition. It was once an iconic symbol that Australians could be proud of, but no more.

QANTAS took and kept the Jobkeeper handouts during COVID then unfairly sacked 'below the wing' staff anyway. It outsourced the jobs to cut costs and as a result safety, despite the airline's record profits.

That's not all. The Australia Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently charged QANTAS with selling flights that didn't exist. Ghost flights. QANTAS does it to hog the departure and arrival slots and restrict the competition that would bring down prices. Always it's the passengers who suffer.

QANTAS’ share registry is controlled by the same parasitic billionaires that are destroying our banking and other corporate sectors. BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street. There couldn't be a clearer need for strong government and regulatory action to ensure honest competition and restore the calibre of Australia's flying kangaroo.

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