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Miklos Bolza

Union court claim for sacked Qantas staff 'unrealistic'

A judge is considering how much compensation, if any, is payable to sacked Qantas workers. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A judge has called "a tad unrealistic" union claims that Qantas workers, unlawfully retrenched during the COVID-19 pandemic, would still have their jobs if the airline hadn't breached the law.

The Transport Workers Union has sued Qantas in the Federal Court after almost 1700 workers were retrenched and then outsourced in November 2020 as the pandemic gripped Australia.

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