Australia is rare among developed countries for not having automatic compensation if a flight is cancelled or delayed.
- Founder In Residence, Swinburne Innovation Studio, Swinburne University of Technology
Rex Airlines appears to be in trouble, with a trading halt on its shares. Yet it has more structural resilience, financial backing and political clout than Bonza, which folded recently.
The terrible optics of today’s Qantas AGM come at a moment when it is very keen to mould the legislative landscape of aviation in its favour.
Qantas faces being forced to offer automatic cash compensation to travellers, being broken up if it operates uncompetitively, and unlimited competition under “open skies”.
Officially, sovereignty has been put to bed with three straight independence referendum defeats. But France is continuing to devolve powers to its territory in an ambitious power-sharing experiment.
Western Sydney Aerotropolis is Australia’s first publicly funded airport project in more than three decades. It has bipartisan support, but its fate also depends on getting the policy settings right.
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