Sure it might be hard getting the 51% australia ownership thing across (I dont care if the 51% australian ownership didnt get accepted). But i still like (well i want) the idea of airlines being able to operate domestically in Australia must have air crew based in Australia and have 80% maintenance done in Australia to get through parliament. That can only be a step in the right direction for saving Australian jobs in the aviation industry. It will give us airline employee's much more job security. Just as a LAME at Qantas it will save a lot of our jobs if this got introduced especially when the 787 eventually arrives to Qantas.
I would like the government to make it harder for 457 visa workers to get jobs in the aviation industry in Australia too.