Former ALP hack David Epstein has avoided providing any illumination on the sensitive issues for Qantas shareholders — like why is Perth hosting their next AGM? — but spinning a line is his favourite game.
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Aviation Green Paper stuck in a timewarp
The Aviation Green Paper is one of the more outright protectionist documents that has issued from an Australian Government for some years, writes Bernard Keane.
Lobbyists, planes and code breaches
If Qantas sells 40% of its Frequent Flyer unit, it will make David Epstein’s life a little more complicated in his new role at our major airline, writes Bernard Keane.
Epstein’s glaring conflict of interest
David Epstein’s appointment as Qantas’s General Manager of Government and Corporate Affairs perfectly demonstrates the hole in the Government Lobbyist Register and Code of Conduct, writes Bernard Keane.
Epstein goes, and the Ruddification of the PMO is complete
Observers think the ascension of Alister Jordan to Rudd’s CoS merely confirms the de facto power structure in there anyway, writes Bernard Keane.
Crikey errs in saying “sack ‘em all”
Despite its acquisition by Eric Beecher, Crikey maintains a propensity to go a tad too far in the character assassination stakes every now and then, writes Ian Smith.
