Adam Thorn

Michael Kaine said his win, along with assistant Nick McIntosh, was a “powerful endorsement” of their strategy to lift standards for all workers.

It follows the Australian Federation of Air Pilots voting for a series of work bans in June and Rex countering that the union had distributed “malicious, misleading and deceptive” material to its members.

The two airlines have worked together since 2011, but Monday marked the first day that passengers could book directly through the Australian carrier’s website to travel on Singapore’s network.

It came despite reports that one of the three major ‘proxy firms’ told its members that the CEO’s targets weren’t “sufficiently challenging”.

Richard Goyder told the business’ AGM that the airline’s long-standing boss would continue until “at least” the end of 2023, and a conversation on his exit wouldn’t happen until “sometime into next year”.

Qantas chairman Richard Goyder has said the proposed reintroduction of multi-employer bargaining wouldn’t work because it ignores how different companies in an industry have different needs.