"Your right Dave, just shut down Qantas and Julia will be...

"Your right Dave, just shut down Qantas and Julia will be exstatic putting them all on welfare at our expense."

Well if you want to be consistant that's exactly what Howard did when Ansett failed. He did not lift a finger and let 16,000 go on welfare.

But worst he played a major part in the demise as well by blocking investment from Singapore airlines which would have saved Ansett (to protect Qantas ironically)and allowed a basket case in Air NZ to take 100% ownership.