Forum Archive Index - September 2001

["Malcolm Cameron" <malharcameron@hotmail.com>]

Snoopy
would Singapore airlines have had the same restrictions I would like to see 
the Australians terms for the Singapore deal were they the same.I believe 
they got clearance before Air NZ vetoed & ansett workers screamed that there 
jobs would be taken by more cost efficient Kiwis. also I have reason to 
believe that the various governments in Australia get up to 8% of all Ansett 
wages paid in payroll taxes. Vigin Blue has payroll taxes either highly 
reduced or nil. I am relying on my memory to the extent of the consesions to 
Virgin Blue to set up in Queensland. Same consescion would have made Ansett 
highly profitable in my opinion. Does anyone know what incentives were given 
to Quantas to stop it setting up its new engineering base in NZ. Talk about 
government Favouritism. May be should retaliate in kind scrap CER and put at 
least a 10% surcharge on all australian products.


>From: "tennyson@caverock.net.nz" <tennyson@caverock.net.nz>
>Reply-To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
>To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
>Subject: Re: Re: [sharechat] halfwit air
>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:42:06 +0000
>
>Hi Phil,
>
> >
> > Gary may be referring to
> > http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/nbr/article.php/a83ab6f7
> > which makes mention of this.
> >
> >
>
>"No significant reduction in the workforce;"
>
>"No significant reduction in the regional network, and no loss of
>regional destinations;"
>
>"Ansett retaining substantial Australian headquarters and operational
>centres"
>
>Hmmm, that is quite a restrictive list.  So where were those $350m
>worth of cost savings that ex CEO Jim McRae identified going to come
>from again?
>
>All this still doesn't answer the question below though.
> >
> > What do you think the Australian Government should have done?
> >
>
>SNOOPY
>
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