Alan Joyce failed loyal customers, and nine more great opinions reads
From Qantas’ descent to the prime minister’s diminished Yes campaign and what Cristiano Ronaldo’s $313m contract shows about oil. Here are the 10 best opinion reads from the week.
The chairman says it’s time for humility from the airline and a much greater focus on customer satisfaction under new CEO Vanessa Hudson. James Thomson
Companies that play hardball with customers, as Qantas too often seemed to do in recent years, can’t win. Alan Joyce had become a magnet for public frustration with the airline he’d shaped, even saved. — The AFR View
September 6, 2023 David Rowe
ALP campaign veterans are now trying to work out how the prime minister has diminished the Yes vote to its current desperate position. — John Black
The extension of oil production cuts by Saudi Arabia is driven by its geopolitical and economic ambitions. But it could be bad news for central banks. — James Thomson
Alan Joyce may have parachuted out of Qantas, but public fury with the airline means there’s no end to the government’s political punishment over the Qatar Airways decision. — Jennifer Hewett
That’s why I have set up a process, where economists, business leaders, unions, social and environmental leaders can come together and discuss their goals for a better tax system. — Allegra Spender
The ambassador’s attempt to gain entree to the inner sanctum of US foreign policy was politely rejected. But his message on US/China conflict is needed in Washington. James Curran
The contradiction between the Indigenous body’s limited powers and what supporters say it can achieve is a structural flaw. — Aaron Patrick
Not everyone will love what the designer calls “the more voluptuous body” of the SL63, but there’s no faulting its powerful performance or
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