Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. In six years, Qantas CEO Joyce has paid himself $22 million; profits of $1 billion a year have become losses of nearly $3 billion. Minister, should the CEO be sacked or does the government know that the financial records have been presented in such a way as to provoke the fear and alarm necessary to force the workforce and ownership of Qantas offshore? For Australia safety is gone, jobs are gone and income is gone—but for yourself and magnate Rinehart, it is 'proof' of the necessity for your competitive cost structure vision of $8 an hour and $300 per week—a vision for you and a nightmare for the rest of us. (Time expired)

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