Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations and the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. I refer the minister to the statement on 18 October 2011 by Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas, where he said:

If this overtime ban continues, we will be grounding even more aircraft.

Does the minister concede that the action taken by Qantas on the weekend was threatened, impending, probable or, at the very least, possible, and that such action would cause significant damage to the Australian economy or an important part of it?