The government should put a tax on air tickets to pay the staff entitlements like it did with Ansett
Actually the government can pay most entitlements, without any additional levies (read tax). It is the GEERS scheme, which protects most award entitlements, but interestingly not Super, if a Company goes belly up, you get the boot and they can not pay entitlements.
The govy stand in line (@ the head of the queue, just behind the Administrator and the ATO) to get back what has been advanced from the liquidated corpse.
So cheer up, whilst imminent unemployment is unpleasant, at least payment of entitlements in partly protected.
Merry Xmas