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Qantas eight weeks away from running out of money at height of COVID-19 pandemic, court told – ABC News
Qantas argues “external events” forced them to stand down 450 maintenance engineers in mid-March because of coronavirus as the airline is taken to court by workers challenging the move.

Qantas was eight weeks away from running out of money at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Sydney court has heard.
Key points:
- Two-thirds of Qantas’s workforce were stood down in mid-March
- The barrister representing Qantas says “external events” caused a stoppage of work
- Qantas argues it can stand down workers who can’t be “usefully employed”
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