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Labor’s Qantas protection racket points to competition problem
To be fair dinkum, the competition review should include aviation regulation, labour market regulation and the compliance burdens that limit competition by creating cost barriers to new entrants.
The competition debate has been distorted by the charge from the ACTU and some in Labor that Australia’s inflation outbreak has been driven by big business exploiting its market power.
As shown by the federal government’s refusal to allow Qatar Airways to schedule extra flights in and out of Australia, the primary focus of efforts to sharpen competition should be to reduce excess regulation and compliance burdens.
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