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High Court says all its judges are members of exclusive Qantas club(www.smh.com.au)

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Qantas faces a high-profile verdict in the High Court over its decision to stand down 1700 ground staff in 2020.

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Railison@aussie.zone
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So HC judges are all members. What about judges of the lower courts—the ones that ruled against Qantas?

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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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Which makes the Qantas club 21st-century Australia’s equivalent of the Freemasons

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fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.ee
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Clean house. All board members and exclusive lounge-members to be expunged. No more fancy lounges.

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BustinJiber@lemmy.world
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I gotta ask, is it some kind of pun on C-word?

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Quokka@quokk.au
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No?

Its about an entire segment of our legal system being members of a airlines elite club when theyre set to oversee s large case against them.

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theduncan@lemmy.world
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Anyone who didn’t know they were all members is an idiot.

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