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Labor MP and former TWU secretary Tony Sheldon (who is one of only a handful of MPs not to have accepted a Qantas chairman’s lounge invitation) has also responded to the high court decision and said the Coalition also needed to apologise to the workers:
Mr Dutton’s opposition to closing Joyce’s labour hire loophole shows him for what he really is: a hammer that companies like Qantas and BHP will use to smash the Australian middle class.
After three long years and three court decisions, will the Liberals and Nationals finally apologise to the 1,700 people they abandoned to the jackals and wolves at Qantas?
Mr Dutton has stood by Qantas and Mr Joyce at every stage of this trial, while the Labor Government intervened in the case to support the workers. It couldn’t be any clearer whose side each party is on.
Sheldon also said the board chair, Richard Goyder’s position “is utterly untenable” and called on the senate to pass Labor’s labour loophole legislaiton.
7m ago20.41 EDT
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Principal Josh Bornstein said the fight against Qantas on behalf of the sacked workers was not over;
Our legal team will now ask the Federal Court to hear claims for compensation for all adversely impacted workers and then seek a substantial penalty against Qantas”.
9m ago20.39 EDT
You can read more on the referral of the Synergy 360 controversy from Paul Karp, here;
Synergy 360 controversy referred to National Anti-Corruption CommissionRead more10m ago20.38 EDT
Qantas says it ‘deeply regrets’ impact of outsourcing
Elias Visontay has sent through Qantas response to the high court ruling:
Qantas acknowledges and accepts the high court’s decision to uphold two prior rulings by the federal court regarding the legality of outsourcing the remainder of the airline’s ground handling function in 2020.
The federal court originally found that while there were valid and lawful commercial reasons for the outsourcing, it could not rule out that Qantas also had an unlawful reason – namely, avoiding future industrial action. The high court has now effectively upheld this interpretation.
The decision to outsource the remainder of the airline’s ground handling function was made in August 2020, when borders were closed, lockdowns were in place and no Covid vaccine existed. The likelihood of a years’ long crisis led Qantas to restructure its business to improve its ability to survive and…
2023-09-12 19:39:32
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