re: airfares to australia - croupier the moron
I suggest you research your topic before you write.
Best to let people think you are a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
If you travelled much, or had lived in many countries, you would find that we have extremely good prices.
At the very moment, I have four backpackers staying with me (long story), and they all cannot believe the prices we can get here. All you need to do is be a bit creative, which appears beyond your scope.
The nationalities are Russian, American, German, English.
If the barrier to tourism was price, why are their so many backpackers around?. Surely the bottom end, or most price sensitive end of the market would drop out.
The real reason we are missing European tourism is distance and time. Ask some people over there.
As for Qantas, monopoly I think not. I would rather have them make a good profit, and maintain their planes and balance sheets, so that we a national airline we can rely.