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Is it time to force Qantas to break up with Jetstar?

Labor’s aviation white paper failed to deal with the airline duopoly, so the Coalition is now calling for the competition review to include divestiture powers.

Bridget McKenzieShadow minister

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Amid the litany of fails, contradictions and missed opportunities that one can only generously describe as the Albanese government’s aviation policy, there is a golden thread of consistency.

This is the Labor government’s single-minded avoidance of tackling competition in one of the world’s least competitive domestic aviation markets.

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Bridget McKenzie is the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

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