As i see it the biggest problem with the melbourne base is the culture of dobbing on each other..sounds like a very nasty vindictive place to work with crew constantly in the office dobbing on other crew.
The crew are also suggesting that they dont want to do the MEL/PER flights and whinging to the company and the union. If they give the work back to the domestics you would either have a large percentage of the base on leave burn or a number of redundancies.
The behaviour of some of the crew in the Melbourne base is reminiscent of the Perth crew prior to its closure....
I am just saying you reap what you sow