The Qantas strategy to shift jobs and tax obligations offshore through Jetstar to Singapore and New Zealand are in disarray after the low-cost subsidiary was forced to ground cadet pilots.
Senate inquiry
Pilot training, air safety inquiry to recall industry heavyweights
fter the shocks that emerged in a Senate committee hearing last Friday concerning pilot training and airline safety in Australia, the inquiry has been extended to May 4.
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Concerns raised about Senate testimony by Jetstar
A set of documents issued by Jetstar read like an ultra conservative fantasy about the gutting of Australian labor rules and escaping from the cost of tax and superannuation obligations, writes Ben Sandilands.
The information ‘vacuum’ over secretive ISP data retention scheme
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has slammed the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) over what he called the information “vacuum” surrounding its secretive discussions with internet service providers (ISPs) and other bodies over a data retention scheme for law enforcement.
National Security Legislation: worst discussion paper ever.
The National Security Legislation Discussion Paper was released last week. And it may be one of the worst discussion papers ever, with no structure, barebones commentary and lots of blank pages.
What did the AEC say about electoral law changes? Don’t ask
We can’t tell you what our advice to the government was because it might be controversial. Essentially, that’s the response from the Australian Electoral Commission to a Freedom of Information request I made earlier this year, writes Peter Browne, editor of Australian Policy Online.
SBS: a Brown study of sad decline
You have to marvel at the ability of Shaun Brown to attempt to hoodwink the press in his address at the National Press Club this week and his advertorials in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Family First joins the Crikey crusade, Labor bags itself
Crikey’s campaign against legally dubious bank penalty fees has finally gained some political traction as Family First’s Steve Fielding pushes our barrow all the way to a Senate inquiry. What’s strange about that is that it’s Family First which has taken up the running on the issue, writes Michael Pascoe.
