Qantas is fined A$90M after a Federal Court ruled the carrier broke the law by firing 1,800 staff during COVID.

The airline says it was not an official order and an employee has been told never to make the same mistake again.

A court ordered Australia’s largest airline, Qantas Airways, on Monday to pay a record fine of A$90 million ($58.64 million) ...

Australia’s Federal Court has imposed a record A$90 million (£43m; $59m) fine on Qantas for illegally sacking more than 1,800 ...

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has imposed the largest fine on a company under the Fair Work Act for illegally sacking ...

The $90m penalty imposed on Qantas for its illegal outsourcing of ground crews is unlikely to trouble the airline financially ...

The weekly 737 flights, which depart Brisbane on Saturdays and return from Koror on Sundays, began in December last year, ...

Federal Court judge Michael Lee’s frustration at the way Qantas defended an unlawful outsourcing case has boiled over in his ...

Qantas is being warned it risks losing its place in the national psyche after its latest indiscretion: a $90 million fine for ...

Qantas extends direct flights between Brisbane and Palau for another year following the success of the route launched in ...

Qantas has been hit with a $90 million fine after it was found to have illegally sacked 1800 workers during the pandemic.

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