Qantas acted unlawfully in outsourcing 1700 staff, High Court rules

In yet another critical blow to Qantas, the High Court has backed an earlier ruling the airline acted unlawfully by sacking 17-hundred ground services staff at the height of the pandemic. Dismissing the Qantas appeal, the High Court ruled in favour of the Transport Workers Union upholding a previous Federal Court judgement that Qantas had acted illegally in outsourcing the jobs of baggage handlers, cleaners as part of a commercial decision. Qantas has accepted the ruling, but the T-W-U is now demanding a spill of the entire Qantas board. Reporter: Peter Ryan, Senior Business Correspondent Featured: Don Dixon, former Qantas ground worker; Michael Kaine, national secretary, Transport Workers Union; Sally McManus, ACTU secretary; Tony Sheldon, Labor senator