Qantas should not have to pay back billions in COVID-19 aid: Jim Chalmers

Key Points

• Australia’s biggest airline announced a “remarkable turnaround” in 2022/23, earning billions of dollars in profits.
• CEO Alan Joyce celebrated the fact consumers were willing to spend more on travel “despite cost-of-living pressures”.
• The federal treasurer says Qantas shouldn’t have to pay back the taxpayer money it received during the pandemic.