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Qantas seeks ‘corporate welfare’ with its HQ auction, Birmingham says – Sydney Morning Herald
Trade and Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham has blasted Qantas’ move to start a bidding war between state governments over the location of its headquarters as a blatant appeal for taxpayer dollars.
The Morrison government frontbencher said he understood why state governments wanted to attract jobs into their jurisdictions, but warned it could spark a wave of businesses looking for government handouts.
“This has the potential to represent the worst of federalism and to spark a wave of corporate welfare-seeking by big business if we sort of have big companies around the country just auctioning off their head offices to states and territories,” Mr Birmingham said. “In the end, it’s taxpayers…
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