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Qantas' hospitality doesn't affect Australian regulator's decisions, former top official says

By James Panichi ( November 8, 2024, 08:08 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s ongoing debate over Qantas Airways’ spending campaign targeting politicians spilled into the realm of antitrust this week, with a former top official rejecting suggestions that membership in the airline’s most exclusive club could dampen enforcers’ willingness to take action. Speaking at a conference this week, Rod Sims said that when he headed the antitrust agency, his complimentary membership in the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge didn’t hold back the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission when it needed to take on the airline “in quite big ways.”Australia’s ongoing debate over Qantas Airways’ spending campaign targeting politicians spilled into the realm of antitrust this week, with a former top official rejecting suggestions that membership in the airline’s most exclusive club could dampen enforcers’ willingness to take action....

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