Alan Joyce
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The ghost of Alan Joyce is still haunting Qantas
Friday’s $105 million settlement brings to roughly $340 million the fines, penalties and compensation it has chalked up thanks to actions under Alan Joyce’s regime.
- Elizabeth Knight
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- Aviation
Qantas unveils major points overhaul as Hudson refreshes airline
The carrier pulled some of its largest planes from flying to Los Angeles, amid a weaker Australian dollar and Trump tension.
- Chris Zappone
Inside Niki Savva’s very Canberra bubble book launch
The veteran political pundit’s dissection of the Liberal Party’s 2025 election disaster is set to stuff stockings across the Canberra bubble next month.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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- Executive pay
Golden handshake: Jayne Hrdlicka’s $50m Virgin Australia bonanza
Alan Joyce’s former lieutenant at Qantas departed Virgin Australia in style with a payout that dwarfs her former boss’s controversial exit package.
- Colin Kruger
Alan Joyce has his last Qantas bonanza, reaping $3.8m in final payout
When the board voted to cut Joyce’s pay in 2024, it scrapped all of Joyce’s long-term incentives except for the period of 2023-2025, which is vesting now
- Chris Zappone
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- Earnings season
Qantas profit drives shares to record high as it orders 20 new jets
Australia’s biggest airline has posted its second-highest profit on record, helped by strong consumer demand and gains by Jetstar.
- Chris Zappone
- Opinion
- Executive pay
Bonus, anyone? Someone’s going to pay for Qantas’ embarrassing $90m fine
After Justice Lee’s scornful words, some large shareholders appear to be limbering up to protest about executive bonuses.
- Elizabeth Knight
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- Aviation
Qantas fined $90m in landmark ruling that could embolden unions
Justice Michael Lee has ordered that $50 million be paid directly to the Transport Workers’ Union as part of the largest fine under workplace law in Australian corporate history.
- Chris Zappone and Nick Newling
- Opinion
- Aviation
The humiliation of Qantas is now complete
A brutal judgment and a record fine have stripped away the cultivated PR campaign that suggests the airline has moved on from the dark days of Alan Joyce’s reign.
- Colin Kruger
Alan Joyce left Qantas two years ago. Now he’s defending his record
“The next crisis is just around the corner,” the former Qantas boss said in a speech, justifying the “hard and painful decisions” he made as CEO.
- Chris Zappone