AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron says he is writing to Qantas to find out more about the plan. We are very concerned about the job security of workers and we are very concerned about ensuring that Australia has a proper skill base in the airline industry. Virgin The Australian head of discount airline, Virgin Blue, says he does not believe the proposed shake-up of Australia's and New Zealand's airline industries is in the best interests of competition or the flying public. Virgin boss Brett Godfrey has told an Institute of Chartered Accountants conference in Adelaide that competition authorities in both countries need to take a long, hard look at the proposals. If we're going to look at a potential monopoly down there being a Qantas-New Zealand run operation, we need to have the regulators take a good close look at it.
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Members of the Gypsy Jokers bikie gang are back in Perth today after a 1,200km run to Kalgoorlie and back. A Roman Catholic investigative journalist has been murdered in Northern Ireland. With a federal election imminent, the Australian Electoral Commission is trying something different to encourage young people to take an interest in voting.