Best flight deals for Cyber Monday 2023: BA, easyJet and more final Black Friday offers Fasten your seatbelts; the deals are about to start flying Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2023
13 Places I Wish Went All Out For Black Friday During Cozzie Livs, But Didn’t There's plenty of lists of places doing massive Black Friday deals, so here's a list of the places who aren't, but really should have. Pedestrian.tv · Nov 24, 2023
Should businesses consult shareholders before taking a stand on social issues? In 2017 many businesses took a stand on the Australian marriage equality plebiscite. We saw a comparable trend in recent months, as corporate Australia declared its position on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Conversation · Nov 21, 2023
The Optus chief was right to quit but real change is unlikely at the telco until bigger issues are fixed Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin bowed to the inevitable on Monday and resigned as chief executive of Australia’s second largest telecommunications company. The Conversation · Nov 20, 2023
Lendlease Group hit with first strike after $232m loss Lendlease has joined Qantas, Woolworths, Treasury Wine Estates, Magellan Financial and Whitehaven Coal in being slapped with a "first strike" on executive pay. AAP · Nov 17, 2023
Flight delay compensation would stop Australian airlines from acting like a ‘mafia of the skies’, MP says Exclusive: Independent MP Monique Ryan ramps up calls for proposed scheme after Sydney airport CEO accuses airlines of ‘slot hoarding’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023
Qantas guilty over treatment of virus-concerned worker A court has found Qantas guilty of breaching NSW workplace health and safety laws after it stood down a worker who raised concerns about COVID-19. AAP · Nov 16, 2023
Afternoon Update: Israeli forces enter al-Shifa hospital; Qantas accused of strategically cancelling flights; and Xi lands in US Israel claims Hamas has built headquarters in bunkers and tunnels under hospital, which Hamas strenuously denies The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2023
Sydney airport CEO accuses Qantas of strategically cancelling flights to block competition Geoff Culbert tells industry conference that airlines’ behaviour ‘amazes’ him despite public awareness of ‘slot hoarding’ allegations The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2023
'Minister for Higher Airfares' slowing airline recovery Flight Centre says air travel competition and prices continue to improve but the market's recovery has been impeded by the federal government. AAP · Nov 15, 2023
Perth's Optus Stadium has drawn more consumer anger after the outage. Another case of the 'stadium curse'? Looming over the Swan River in Perth, a shiny sporting structure boldly declares “OPTUS STADIUM Yes”. After the disastrously prolonged communication outage this week, many will have shouted “No”, or other words requiring asterisks in respectable media. The Conversation · Nov 10, 2023
Afternoon Update: Optus outage causes nationwide frustration; ketamine use hits record peak; and global wine production falls Optus is gradually restoring services after a nationwide outage, but the cause remains unclear The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2023
Qantas faces court over misleading ticket sales Qantas has appeared before the Federal Court over the airline's decision to sell tickets for already cancelled flights. AAP · Nov 7, 2023
US jobs report weaker than expected; UK economy ‘flirting with recession’, economists say –as it happened US economy adds 150,000 jobs in October and previous months are revised lower, boosting investor expectations that the Fed won’t hike interest rates again The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2023 Afternoon Update: Qantas execs face investor fury; Blinken flies to Israel amid call to allow aid; Mechelle Turvey named WA Australian of the Year Chair Richard Goyder and CEO Vanessa Hudson face a grilling from irate Qantas shareholders at a tense annual general meeting
The Conversation · Nov 3, 2023 The fury on show at the Qantas AGM couldn't have come at a worse time for the airline Fielding tough questions from a furious audience is no one’s idea of fun. But as Richard Goyder and Vanessa Hudson – Qantas chairman and chief executive, respectively – dealt with angry question after angry question at the airline’s annual general meeting today, the pair knew their main audience was not…
The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2023 Qantas chairman heckled by shareholders at AGM as investors reject executive pay plans Shouts of ‘shame on you’ after shareholder Chris Maxworthy’s microphone cut off
The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2023 Labor accused of ‘dragging feet’ on reinstating program that monitors airlines for potential price-gouging Opposition says there’s ‘no excuse’ for further delays on the government reviving the ACCC flight monitoring regime
AAP · Nov 2, 2023 Besieged Qantas board cops brunt of shareholder anger Heckling and protest votes greeted the Qantas board at the airline's annual general meeting where shareholders vented their frustration at a series of missteps.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2023 Morning Mail: Australians reportedly escape Gaza, Abbott’s ‘climate cult’ rant, minister’s Qantas meetings The former prime minister has lashed out at ‘implausible’ climate theory, and we reveal talks between Catherine King and ex-airline boss Alan Joyce
The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2023 Catherine King and former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce met at least twice in recent months Exclusive: documents show transport minister met former airline chief at Parliament House two months before she ruled against Qatar Airways request
The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2023 Qantas claims it ‘likely wouldn’t be here’ if it had paid subsidiaries’ staff same as direct employees Airline tells inquiry into Labor’s industrial relations bill it had to adapt labour practices to compete in ‘highly competitive global market’
AAP · Oct 31, 2023 Pilot strike threat at Qantas subsidiary averted Pilots at a WA-based Qantas subsidiary have suspended plans to strike and agreed to resume negotiations over pay and conditions.
AAP · Oct 31, 2023 Higher labour hire pay threatens viability: Qantas, BHP Unions and major companies are going head to head over proposed labour hire laws, with the latter arguing higher pay rates will threaten business viability.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2023 Afternoon Update: Australia toughens stance as Gaza death toll soars; woman found dead at Bendigo home; and Australians eat too much salt Foreign minister Penny Wong says the world will ‘not accept’ continuing civilian deaths in Gaza