The mission earlier this month saw a C-27J Spartan from 35 Squadron deploy from RAAF Base Amberley to carry two loads of fuel, totalling 28 drums, from Longreach Airport to the town of Windorah at the request of the Queensland Government.
In a speech to the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) on Thursday, ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb noted that domestic airfares have increased following the reassertion of the Qantas-Virgin duopoly.