I'm asked about the reasons why a government would make this decision, and I refer again to the very experienced former transport minister Mr McCormack, who gave this rationale, which I think might be instructive for Senator McKenzie:

… you can't have an airline coming in from overseas and just undercutting to the point where Australian jobs are at risk and Australian airlines are placed at a disadvantage.

We can't have an airline with very deep pockets undercut, undercut, undercut and … people go to them as opposed to an airline that may—