Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on the Airline Passenger Protections (Pay on Delay) Bill 2024. It is really very, very, very refreshing to see that, after almost a decade in government, the coalition have finally discovered the need to protect the consumer interests of airline passengers. We on this side of the chamber are certainly well aware that the market power and anticompetitive practices of the major airlines have not been serving Australians well, and I'm glad to see that those opposite have now come to the same realisation.

But let us compare this new-found enthusiasm.