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'Perceived' Qantas conflict prompted Australian regulator to develop workaround

By James Panichi ( July 8, 2025, 08:42 GMT | Insight) -- A senior former official with Australia’s antitrust watchdog warned her colleagues last year that her ongoing membership of the deluxe, invitation-only Qantas Chairman’s Lounge was a “perceived” conflict of interest due to her work on the collection of airline data and an airports-monitoring report. New heavily redacted documents released by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission show that on Dec. 16, 2024, former commissioner Liza Carver alerted the regulator to the conflict, prompting the agency to develop a process to deal with work involving Australia's largest airline. A senior former official with Australia’s antitrust watchdog warned her colleagues last year that her ongoing membership in the deluxe, invitation-only Qantas Chairman’s Lounge was a “perceived” conflict of interest due to her work on the collection of airline data and an airports-monitoring report....

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