WEBVTT - Breaking: How Qantas made a $2.4 billion profit

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey and

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<v Speaker 1>this is an afternoon headlines edition of the Front. A

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<v Speaker 1>whopping two point three nine billion dollar annual profit for Quantus,

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<v Speaker 1>up fifteen percent on last year. That's despite a federal

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<v Speaker 1>court penalty for illegally sacking workers during COVID and an

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<v Speaker 1>embarrassing cyber hack. How did they do it well? Quantus

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<v Speaker 1>Domestic brought in a billion dollars in underlying earnings and

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<v Speaker 1>budget carry out. Jetstar contributed seven hundred and seventy million,

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<v Speaker 1>up more than a quarter of a billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>We have also today announced an order for a Thurs

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<v Speaker 2>twenty Exolas for Quantas. Sixteen of these aircraft will have

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<v Speaker 2>a life flap bedding business Class, a first for any

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<v Speaker 2>Quantus narrow body aircraft.

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<v Speaker 1>Strange times at the Pentagon, with the US Defense Department

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<v Speaker 1>shooting down suggestions Australia's Defense minister had a prize meeting

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<v Speaker 1>with Donald Trump's powerful Defense secretary, Pete Hegsev. The Americans

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<v Speaker 1>say it was just a happenstance encounter. Our expert journals

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<v Speaker 1>are digging in to exactly what went down and why

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<v Speaker 1>it matters for Australia's most important strategic alliance. Check out

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<v Speaker 1>those stories live right now at the Australian dot com

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<v Speaker 1>dot a U and come back to the front first

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<v Speaker 1>thing in the morning for our deep dive on the

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<v Speaker 1>big dramas at the very top of the medical profession,

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<v Speaker 1>with physicians accusing one another of bullying and racism.