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Jack Gramenz

Qantas CEO to sit down with union leader, lawyers

TWU national secretary Michael Kaine (centre) will meet Qantas's new boss in mediation. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

The executive parachuted into Qantas' top job when her predecessor took off early amid reputational turbulence will have to attend mediation with the head of a union whose recent court win is partly responsible for the company's woes.

One week on from a unanimous High Court judgment that the airline had illegally sacked almost 1700 workers, Justice Michael Lee made orders in the Federal Court on Wednesday to move the matter towards resolution.

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