All flights are AU metal. Tech crew are Australian based however cabin crew are not.
9V birds only fly to Darwin from Singapore.
Part of a wider malaise. Last year there were over 815,000 Australian visitors to Thailand. Now have a look at Australian airlines offering direct flights to Thailand.
Malaysia, Japan...
JQ/QF do fly direct Thailand and have considerable direct flights to Japan so I still don’t get your point here.
Japan and Nippon have been missing in action until only recently
AirAsia pulled its A330s off Bali to Sydney and Melbourne. And they have considerable feed on the other end.
Your point is what exactly?