“I’ve got privacy issues where we will not comment on who’s in who’s been offered (a membership)...I will not be making any comments, or confirming or denying it.” – Alan Joyce.
The Man on the Clapham Omnibus could reasonably have assumed that the response represented an ‘Up Yours’ refusal to provide any comment about QF managerial commitment (or otherwise) to the ethical quality of decisions, actions and relationships regarding the awarding of Chairman’s Lounge memberships by QF.
There’s an old saying that 'A fish rots from the head down', and when an organisation fails, leadership of the organisation is the root cause.
That was certainly on display at yesterday’s Senate hearing. 