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Top Australian antitrust officials give up Qantas freebies

By James Panichi ( January 24, 2025, 05:38 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s top antitrust officials have pulled out of a controversial free-hospitality arrangement with Qantas Airways, amid growing disquiet that membership of the deluxe Chairman’s Lounge on the part of politicians and public servants may been skewing the regulation of the embattled airline. Entries to the gifts register of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, which appeared today, revealed that Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb, along with her partner and several commissioners, had given up their memberships in response to “increasing community concerns and changing perceptions.”Australia’s top antitrust officials have pulled out of a controversial free-hospitality arrangement with Qantas Airways, amid growing disquiet that membership of the deluxe Chairman’s Lounge on the part of politicians and public servants may been skewing the regulation of the embattled airline....

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