Tourism bodies and aviation unions say the federal government’s $1.2 billion airline support package won’t be enough to protect hundreds of thousands of jobs that remain in peril while Australia’s international border is closed.
Lawyers for the travel giant have also argued a wider audit would be unacceptable during the third day of a case seeking more than $200,000 allegedly owed to a group of fiver former staff members.
A federal court has heard from nine current and former managers who worked above a group of five sales staff claiming they are owed more than $200,000 in wages and entitlements.
Five former workers have spoken of pressure to attend all-but-mandatory"buzz nights"and working outside rostered hours in the first day of a federal trial.
Graham Turner,whose Flight Centre enterprise has been hit hard by COVID turbulence,has watched his son Matt's cycling retailer business 99 Bikes take off during the pandemic. They've supported each other through the ups and downs.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says a $250 million jobs program is her answer to the “frustrated” call of businesses from Queensland and Victoria,unhappy with their own governments.
The chief executive of Flight Centre has said it could take as long as five years for the struggling travel agent to get back on its feet.
Flight Centre will shut a further 90 stores across Australia as the ongoing closure of state and national borders keep holidaymakers grounded and the travel group in hibernation.
Flight Centre's boss believes Queensland will soon have no choice other than to open borders regardless of the coronavirus infection rates,or the state will be isolated from the rest of the country.
ASX-listed travel agency's boss Graham Turner has warned that a prolonged closure of state borders will derail the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic..
The Victorian government has agreed to a shorter extension of emergency powers as the Australian Medical Association calls for a royal commission into Labor's response to the pandemic.