The Albanese government has clearly backed the wrong horse in Qantas and the departure of yet another Fortescue executive says something is out of whack. Here are ten thoughtful opinion pieces from the last week.
A growing number of analysts believe that persistently high inflation will force the government to scrap the stage three cuts and embark on a broader overhaul of the personal income tax system. -Agricultural land is the quiet achiever, outperforming equities and housing over the longer term.
-After 10 years of denial and delay on climate action, I’m not interested in more years of distraction by a debate on an energy source which clearly doesn’t stack up for our country. -The market was stunned by Fortescue announcing a new CEO. It now wonders about Andrew Forrest accepting lower return rates on green energy projects to become hugely profitable – just as he’s achieved in iron ore.
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Labor running a ‘protection racket’ for Qantas with Qatar decision, federal opposition saysCoalition to pursue government when parliament resumes next week with Bridget McKenzie arguing it should ‘come clean’
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Labor Party National President 'contradicts' Albanese with Qatar review callThe National President of the Labor Party and former deputy prime minister Wayne Swan has backed calls for a review into the federal government’s rejection of Qatar Airways’ application for increased flight capacity into Australia.
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‘Outraged’: Birmingham calls for ‘serious penalties’ on Qantas if allegations provenShadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham says Australians would be “rightly outraged” when reading the claims the ACCC has levelled against Qantas which include the airline allegedly selling already cancelled flights. “If that is proven, and proven in the scale and conduct the ACCC is alleging, then there should be serious penalties applied,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia. “We want to see Qantas be a strong, profitable national carrier … it also needs to make sure that it acts in compliance with consumer affairs laws.”
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‘Hundreds of millions’: ACCC calls for heavy fine for QantasThe head of the consumer watchdog says Qantas should be hit with a fine big enough to act as a deterrent to other companies while investors to scrutinise board over Alan Joyce’s potential bonus.
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