joyce grounds qantas flights immediately, page-189

.... it's perhaps the catalyst, bringing out the black queen, for his well known plans to take QAN overseas. . . . market place manoeuvrings . . . . too hard here, we'll bugger off then and then come back to take your money later.

The government is in a hard place as they can't be seen to promote QAN (effectively doing a Murdoch) moving offshore to suit their bottom line and loose Australian jobs. And they can't be seen to tell private enterprise what to do....I think Fair Work Australia will slap a massive fine on them and eventually Joyce will get his way and workers will be left out of the deal...