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

I can advise that in June 2020 the government directed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the ACCC, to monitor the prices, costs and profits of Australia's domestic airline industry and provide quarterly reports to inform government policy. The ACCC continues to monitor airline activity and has published two quarterly reports on airline competition in Australia, in September and December 2020. The programs that the government itself has put in place have been targeted specifically to the needs of Australian communities and developed, as you know, in close consultation with the sector. The focus of the Australian government's efforts has been to keep essential services running, and this has enabled funding to flow through to the aviation sector, ensuring that the maximum number of jobs can be supported. Unfortunately I don't have time, but I could take you through the five-year plan we have for aviation. But that will wait for another day.