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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Paul Karp and Jonathan Barrett

Bridget McKenzie forced to deny her oped on aviation divestiture signals support for breaking up Qantas

Shadow minister for Infrastructure Bridget McKenzie
Nationals and Liberals alike were surprised by Bridget McKenzie’s AFR op-ed, with the latter urging her to clarify the Coalition’s position on divestiture in the aviation sector. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The shadow transport minister, Bridget McKenzie, was forced to clarify the Coalition does not support breaking up Qantas just hours after floating the possibility of forced divestiture powers in the aviation sector.

McKenzie warned the competition watchdog’s review of the aviation sector “will be a failure if it does not address the role of divestiture” in an opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review on Monday.

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