It's a bit rich that the federal opposition and right-wing media are questioning and suggesting that the friendship between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and outgoing Qantas boss Alan Joyce was a bad thing.
It wasn't the Albanese government that gave billions to Qantas during the COVID shutdown. At that time, the airline was shedding staff anyway. It wasn't the Albanese government who was applauding Joyce and Qantas when they were outsourcing jobs and shutting down the fleet to punish workers and pilots. To my knowledge, there was no criticism of any of the prime ministers during the current opposition's time in government. The opposition and the right-wing media certainly rely on the general public having a short memory.
