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The Minister of Resources has informed gas producers that the federal government intends to withdraw “gas triggers” to limit their exports, unless they can prove that the country is not facing a gas shortage by 2023. Key points: The federal government has warned it will withdraw the “gas trigger” if supplies for next year are not guaranteed Gas industry says Australia is not facing a gas shortage, contrary to warnings Government will work to reform gas triggers and renew them by 2030 Madeleine King said she would issue a notification to suppliers, the first step towards enforcement of the Domestic Gas Supply Mechanism, directing them to provide a detailed response on supply and export forecasts for next year. Consumer watchdogs have warned that despite Australia’s abundant gas supplies, the outlook for next year is “very concerning”, with most of that supply slated for export. It warns the government to consider intervention or risk a gas shortage by 2023. The federal government has th

The man who claims he created Qantas’ iconic slogan ‘Spirit of Australia’ has angrily demanded they remove the title, saying it is a ‘tragic inappropriate’ to describe the airline under attack. Phillip Adams, columnist for The Weekend Australian magazine and host of ABC Radio National, said he convinced former chairman Jim Leslie to adopt the tagline in the 1980s and Peter Allen to allow his iconic song I Still Call Australia Home to become Qantas’ national anthem. However, last week the former advertising guru directed an angry message at airline boss Alan Joyce demanding they stop the catchphrase because of an ongoing scandal involving laid-off staff, canceled flights, lost baggage and lengthy delays. ‘Alan Joyce. You are forced to repeat yourself. I am the author of ‘The Australian Spirit’. Then deserved, now tragically inappropriate,” he wrote on Twitter. ‘My slogan is hereby vetoed. Please remove it from all airframes, tickets and advertisements.’ Phillip Adams claims he

A worker at an outsourcing firm Qantas has registered to replace Aussie staff has claimed the national carrier lost ‘one in 10’ baggage bags – although the company vehemently denies that figure. The ‘spirit of Australia’ was brought to justice by the Transport Workers Union in late 2020 when it was ruled that the airline had illegally fired nearly 2,000 baggage handlers, cleaners and ground staff before shifting their jobs to foreign-owned providers including Swissport. The Swiss company has since been forced to seek employment firms, some of which are not aviation-specific, to manage worker shortages for Qantas and Jetstar flights – a decision that infuriated company staff who accused them of being poorly trained and up to 10 percent of all misplaced luggage. “I would tell everyone, don’t check-in bags when you fly with Qantas now, or even better if you can avoid it, don’t fly Qantas at all,” an anonymous Swissport worker told The Guardian. A Swissport baggage clerk who works at