Ex-Virgin Australia director is new Governor-General

On its first “Bonzaversary”, the low-cost carrier claimed it had saved passengers more than $125 million in its first year, based on the difference between its own average airfares and those of other airlines on routes where they compete.

As reported in the Australian Financial Review, Minister Murray Watt, when asked about the potential appointment of Paul Jones to succeed outgoing CEO Jayne Hrdlicka, said the airline should carefully consider any candidate’s industrial relations recor…