Reading this thread it appears that AMSA is owned by SIAEC and offers lower T's and C's than Emirates did.
Emirates have given the ground handling contract to AMSA, and are closing their Australian bases (or at least some of them). The EK staff affected have been offered positions in Dubai.
If the EK staff do not wish to relocate to the ME have they been offered redundancy instead?
AMSA are importing SIAEC staff based out of Singapore to service the contract with EK.
Have AMSA advertised in Australia for staff to service the EK contract? (If they have, AMSA T's and C's must be terrible if no-one local is interested in them).
I agree with Seldomfixit, a contribution by the ALAEA Fed Sec would be great as he would have a much clearer understanding of the situation, assuming the guys at EK are members of his.
GB