....The only answer is for the Government to buy a "Golden Share"....
Not quiet Bus Driver.
Another alternative would be for Government to buy a significant share of Qantas via an Employee Share Trust and for the Trust to repay the Government using future cash flow generated from wage freezes and productivity increases.
In effect, this would give Government twice as much bang for its buck, seeming achieve Tony Abbott's quest for productivity and would facilitate Government and the Workforce having in place Directors responsible for oversighting their interests in what strategy Qantas is pursuing, where it is investing and where it is employing.
Recall that the concept was raised with the ACTU by Dr. Shan Turnbull around the time of the APA bid and those interested should be able to find on the net details of what he proposed.