These new jobs are not going to be adding to the traffic problem. It's actually going to be going in the opposite direction from where they are going today.

The (commission) requested the dig to see if there is or isn't anything intact.

The jobs of 2,500 skilled maintenance workers would be lost if Qantas takes this step. The work that Qantas is threatening to outsource is the most intensive and most important maintenance work.

The question in New Orleans is what will happen to the economy. The key to housing is jobs.

Our hope is that you can get 12 companies in there and 250 jobs. It's a community involvement issue.

We will have no option but to take industrial action and commence a political and community campaign to protect jobs in Australia.