Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Certainly, the government's expectation is that our nation's airlines—as we expect for any business—abide by the nation's consumer laws and are treating their customers fairly. The airlines are contractually required to provide commercially competitive ticket pricing on subsidised flights. The government support seeks to maintain a level of competitive tension in the domestic aviation market—for example, by supporting both Qantas and Virgin on the same route. Under the Domestic Aviation Network Support program, government assistance reduces in direct proportion to the revenue airlines earn on supported flights, and, under the contracts, airlines provide weekly data in arrears at the time of invoicing to access commerciality triggers to enable the department to confirm if commerciality triggers actually apply.