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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australia's highest court finds Qantas illegally fired 1,700 ground staff during pandemic

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Qantas had illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during the Covid pandemic, Australia’s highest court has confirmed in a decision that has come in for praise by a worker’s union.

The national airline had attempted through an appeal to overturn a previous ruling by the country’s federal court that said it had illegally outsourced the jobs, but that appeal has now been shot down.

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