Etihad and China don't have any capacity for funding, so they write the loss off.
Abu Dhabi is the richest , they could buy EK before breakfast . Australian tax payers asked to bail out a company that when profitable will pay dividends to the Chinese government ( HNA) , Abu Dhabi and Singapore government. If the Australian government put 1.4B in then they better get a seat at the table and take some profit along side of these other governments .