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Qantas’ misdeeds shouldn’t scuttle Virgin-Qatar deal
The TWU stoush with Bain Capital over the next Virgin boss highlights corporate Australia’s wider reputational issues that have fuelled the populist backlash against business.
The Transport Workers Union wants a power of veto over who the next chief executive of Virgin Australia is or it will withdraw support for the airline’s tie-up with Qatar Airways on long-haul international flights.
TWU national secretary Mike Kaine has written to Virgin’s private-equity owner Bain Capital demanding former Qantas executive Paul Jones be ruled out as a possible successor to chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka.
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