THE HON ANTHONY ALBANESE MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT SHADOW MINISTER FOR TOURISM FEDERAL

MEMBER FOR GRAYNDLER SENATOR GLENN STERLE LABOR SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA

QANTAS SENATE INQUIRY

Labor has lodged a motion for a Senate Inquiry into Qantas this afternoon. The notice of motion is below.

Notice of motion
Reference to Rural an Re!"onal Affa"r# an Tran#$ort Reference# Co%%"ttee

Senator Sterle On the next day of sitting to move That the following matter be referred to the ural and egional !ffairs and Trans"ort eferences #ommittee for inquiry and re"ort by $arch %& %'()* +(, The #ommittee must consider what initiatives can be ta-en by .overnment to ensure Qantas remains a strong national carrier su""orting aviation /obs in !ustralia0 including* a. b. c. a debt guarantee1 an equity sta-e1 other forms of su""ort consistent with wider "olicy settings.

+%, In conducting the inquiry the #ommittee should consider* a. any national security0 s-ills0 mar-eting0 tourism0 emergency assistance or other benefits "rovided by a ma/ority !ustralian2 owned Qantas1 b. the level and forms of government su""ort received by other international airlines o"erating to and from !ustralia1 c. the ownershi" structures of other international airlines o"erating to and from !ustralia1 d. the "otential im"act on !ustralian /obs arising from the .overnment3s "lan to re"eal 4art 5 of the Qantas Sale !ct1 and e. any related matter.