A Senate inquiry was set up to investigate the Albanese government’s refusal to approve extra flights into Australia sought by Qatar Airways but broadened its scope.
Labor has also allowed the ACCC’s airline monitoring brief to lapse, meaning there is no regular oversight of the kind that identified Qantas’s price-gouging.
After running Qantas into the ground, the CEO should be answering fundamental questions about his management. But Alan Joyce continues to act with impunity.