Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Alan Jones is one of the signatories to the letter. Alan Jones and his management team have been able to turn the situation around at Qantas, and they are now profitable again—and, of course, they will pay tax once the accumulated losses of the past have been paid down. But, if we put them at a competitive disadvantage, it will directly impact on the job security of 30,000 Qantas employees and directly impact on the opportunities for the 3,000 small- and medium-size businesses that supply goods and services to Qantas. It would also directly impact on the job security of the many Australians who work for the 3,000 businesses that supply those goods and service to Qantas. Qantas are one of our champion businesses, and you want to make it harder for them to be successful. You want to put the job security of employees in businesses such as Qantas at risk. That is the implication of your decision to stand in the way of big tax cuts.