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Judge David Russell in November found the major airline guilty of unlawfully standing Theo Seremetidis down over a direction he made to staff to cease cleaning planes that had landed from COVID-19 “hotspots”. Qantas now faces up to $1 million in penalt…

In a submission to a Senate inquiry on the matter, the airline argued that penalties, which could be up to $20,000, should be considered annually because delays at Sydney Airport are often due to a variety of factors that aren’t known immediately.

In a speech to Parliament, the Attorney-General spoke of the “shock” when Australians learned on the morning of 18 July 2014 that the aircraft had been shot down over eastern Ukraine, and said memorial services were planned both in Amsterdam and Canber…