And whilst it probably seems very "smart" to the M&M's to string this out for as long as possible, and reap millions for themselves, thousands of decent, ex-Ansett employees are being denied money that is undoubtedly the difference between keeping possession of their home, car, and sanity.
As a matter of interest, does anyone know that if the claim to pay "up to $200m to 8,700 members of the Ground Staff Plan", had been an amount of "up to $190m", would the redundancy payouts have then gone ahead?
Also, because the total of the 2 claims exceeds the $360m (by $10m), is the Government also not being paid the $170m using the same reasoning?