NIGELINOZ,
G'Day, as far as Qantas ownership goes at the moment it hovers around the 50% mark.it is supposed to be 51% at the least but can very and the bosses have been told at least once to get it back to 51%.
What i'm trying to say is that the us gov looks after there pop a bit better than our own.If it was 75% with us then the overseas people might not want to have such a go at buying us.And as well more of the profits would stay in Oz.
I reckon we have let to many aussie companys get taken over by other countries and the profit sure doesn't stay here.