Perhaps that's the strategy.
I am unaware of how paying Australian-based Qantas subsidiary jet pilots the same LHCA rates (the current 'job security' claim), delivers any direct benefit to existing Qantas pilots. It assumes that all future mainline aircraft will be operated by an Australian-based company, and will probably expedite an offshoring strategy in the absence of AIPA consultation or inclusion.
The Jetconnect case result may alter things, but I doubt public perception will. Who knows!?