Qantas international tickets catches Australian government off-guard

Harley Dennett
Updated January 6 2021 - 12:17pm, first published January 5 2021 - 5:06pm
Qantas is hoping to restart international travel in the coming months. Picture: Jamila Toderas
Qantas is hoping to restart international travel in the coming months. Picture: Jamila Toderas

The government isn't ready to the announce international arrivals are safe, but that hasn't stopped Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce from resuming ticket sales, including on US and UK routes.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.