Mind if I inject a little bit of reality into this debate???
"Qantas yesterday announced a pre-tax profit of $964.6 million for the year ending June 30, 2004.
This result is a 92 per cent increase on last year’s result, and translates to a profit after tax of $648.4 million."
Yup. Qantas definitely appears to be going to the wall, fast!! With a $320 million tax dividend (not counting the millions of dollars in other taxes Qantas also pays), why would the Aussie Government have any interest in supporting Qantas?
Get real!
This may be a rumour network, but a little reality and fact occasionally makes the Moderators job a whole lot less boring!
Woomera