Compensation for ousted Qantas staff still unclear despite union’s celebrations

Only three of the 1,700 ground handlers illegally outsourced by Qantas have a definitive compensation sum heading their...

22 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Environmental lawyers lodge greenwashing complaint against Qantas

The Environmental Defenders Office has asked the ACCC to investigate the national carrier for alleged greenwashing over...

17 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Court signs off on Qantas’ $100m penalty

Passengers affected by Qantas’ advertisement of cancelled flights will pocket a couple of hundred dollars each after...

09 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

No winners in Qantas, union’s costs fight

After a failed dispute over which pilots should be assigned to a lucrative aircraft, Qantas and the union for long-haul...

23 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Jetstar facing class action over COVID-19 flight cancellations

A class action has been filed against Jetstar Airways, seeking refunds and compensation for customers whose payments...

21 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qantas and union both lose in ‘lucrative’ aircraft battle

Qantas and the union for long-haul pilots went head to head in court over the airline’s decision to bypass senior...

15 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas tells court rumours of negative culture ‘unreasonable’ excuse to turn down job

With a compensation order looming, lawyers for Qantas told a court it was “unreasonable” for one of the sacked...

30 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

‘Unfair’: Qantas allowed new argument in illegal sacking case

Just as the 1,700 illegally sacked Qantas workers were approaching compensation, the major airline proposed an entirely...

21 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Compensation for sacked workers delayed by months

Witness evidence in the compensation case against Qantas has concluded, but the 1,700 illegally outsourced workers will...

25 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas believed outsourcing was a ‘low’ legal risk, court told

Qantas executives assumed the legal risk of outsourcing 1,700 ground handling staff in November 2020 was...

21 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas could pay ‘millions of dollars’ in compensation

A court was told three of the 1,700 workers illegally sacked by Qantas have suffered financially and emotionally in the...

19 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Court win but no costs for Virgin, Jetstar, Qantas

Major airlines Virgin, Jetstar and Qantas will not receive costs despite a court’s earlier decision to throw out a...

14 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas hit with $250k penalty for firing safety rep

The NSW District Court handed Qantas a $250,000 penalty for the “shameful” decision to stand down a health and...

07 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas ordered to compensate fired safety rep

A court ordered Qantas to compensate a health and safety representative it unlawfully stood down during the...

29 February 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Verdict in for Qantas’ unlawful termination of health and safety rep

The NSW District Court handed down a verdict in the first criminal prosecution brought against Qantas for standing down...

17 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas tells court it does not guarantee flight times, rejects ACCC claims

Claims that Qantas sold tickets to cancelled flights have been aired in the Federal Court for the first

09 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Senator accuses Qantas of running ‘like crime gang’ in court

The Qantas board has been accused of operating like a “crime gang” for allegedly pocketing “massive” bonuses...

03 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas’ $100k offer to alleged sexual harassment victim in way of indemnity costs decision

The Federal Court has been asked to consider whether Qantas should be granted indemnity costs due to a $100,000 offer...

03 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas GC named to ACC global board of directors

The group general counsel and company secretary of the national carrier has been appointed as a director on the global...

26 October 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qantas, TWU enter mediation to decide compensation

Qantas and the Transport Workers Union will begin mediation with the aim of reaching a compensation agreement for the...

20 September 2023

By Naomi Neilson