Why would the competition authorities want to look at a merger between two airlines when one of them flies to Australia only once per day ?
Raggyman used to fly Qantas because it was Australian. Airlines are in an international business and if Qantas was attractive to Australians rather than the wider world they would soon wither and die.
Also Raggyman if Qantas cabin crew standards began to match those of British Airways it would be an improvement. All the survays say so.