I don't imagine pollies are too concerned about foreign airlines blowing their dough on the Australian aviation industry casino table. It's not exports that benefit us so much as the money paid in return, and Virgin is a neat little importer of foreign money.
Less than illustrious history and circumstances for the company Air NZ sold its Virgin Australia stake to..
http://www.afr.com/news/world/asia/c...0141210-124hsz