CANBERRA OBSERVED: Cabinet bid to ‘set Qantas free’ in global marketplace*

The end game of globalisation only becomes starkly apparent to everyday voting Australians when stunning developments, such as Qantas being prospectively placed on the market to be sold to the highest overseas bidder (or bidders), become a reality. No Australian company is apparently safe from the “global economy”, not even a proud national icon like Qantas and one that so immediately symbolises Australia’s transformation from a young and largely agrarian nation to the highly …

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