High Court says all its judges are members of exclusive Qantas club

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/high-court-says-all-its-judges-are-members-of-exclusive-qantas-club-20230912-p5e42w.html

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 · 15 pts · 2y

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

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 12 pts · 2y

Which makes the Qantas club 21st-century Australia’s equivalent of the Freemasons

fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y

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

BustinJiber@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I gotta ask, is it some kind of pun on C-word?

Marsupial@quokk.au · 4 pts · 2y

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.

theduncan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Anyone who didn't know they were all members is an idiot.