Life can come at you fast on a sitting morning in Canberra if you’re a shadow minister.
At 5 am yesterday, the Financial Review published an op-ed by shadow infrastructure minister Bridget McKenzie headlined “Is it time to force Qantas to break up with Jetstar?” Within it, the Nationals senator opined:
I am calling upon federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers to include in his competition review a strong focus on aviation competition because of the failure of the aviation white paper to deal with this imperative. The treasurer will have failed another reform opportunity unless he deals with divestiture as a measure to ensure consumers’ interests are protected, and not at the mercy of the entrenched duopoly, and the proper role of divestiture.
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