Originally Posted by
Tuck Mach
In agreement Mr. perspective...
National interest means in the interest of nationals. Unfortunately ideology got in the way..
Gas from Australia, costing Australians more than foreigners, surrendering fifth freedoms to Arab ME carriers, for nothing,
Qantas being privatised, yet retaining its own act of parliament shows that somewhere there is national interest, but perhaps a residual veto stake was a smarter move. A bit like Air NZ, in the national interest..
As General Counsel Johnson stated fiercely when amendments to the QSA were considered, JQ is not Qantas as defined in the Act so Qantas management spent every waking hour trying to get around the QSA, setting up shop in any Asian country that would have them...(for a big fee of course!)
Spot on Mr Mach. The QSA was put there to supposedly protect Qantas but we all know the lazy, indolent Treasurer we had in the mid 2000s was happy to see a consortium nearly take over QF in what would have been completely against the national interest. We all know now that there would be no QF now had that happened or at the very least, a substantial government re-nationalisation to pick up the pieces.
That Treasurer is still lauded today for his work, which was actually the work of his predecessors and where is the guy now??? Can't get a job in the private sector.
National 'interest' depends on who's in government.