The ACCC entering "not applicable" as the value of its staff's ongoing use of Qantas and Virgin lounges is questionable. Standard airport lounges have a commercial value that can be determined. The ACCC has regulatory oversight; it makes decisions that may affect the airlines' bottom line.

This is crazy. Why would an Australian lawmaker need to be flown across the world by a foreign government?

Six months later... Australia's eSafety commissioner puts a dollar figure on the hospitality she received from the Minderoo Foundation and Big Tech.

This is, in a small way, quite significant. Does it mark the beginning of the end of #Qantas' Chairman's Lounge #lobbying strategy? #antitrust