Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

We want Qantas to operate under the same rules that Virgin does. Virgin employs almost 10,000 people here in Australia. Virgin is flying millions of Australians around Australia every week. Virgin is servicing planes in Australia. If you want to operate an airline in Australia, you have got to have staff in Australia. If you want to operate an airline in Australia, you have got to have planes serviced in Australia.

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