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The Qantas headquarters building in Mascot, Sydney, at dusk, with the red kangaroo logo and illuminated QANTAS lettering on its dark glass facade
Business

Qantas to cut 850 corporate jobs in Accenture outsourcing and AI deal

Qantas says about 850 corporate roles will be affected over the coming years under a new multi-year partnership with Accenture, with some finance, procurement, people and marketing work moving mostly to Accenture teams in India. The first changes are due by mid-2027, and the Australian Services Union says the move contradicts earlier assurances about offshoring.

Kabeer Ahmad7 min read
Parliament House in Canberra at dusk, with the Australian flag on its four-legged flagmast above the white entrance building and a wet forecourt in the foreground
Technology

Australia plans AI safety regulator after OpenAI Medicare breach review

Australia will legislate mandatory safety and security obligations for frontier AI companies, enforced by a new AI safety regulator, after a rapid review into an OpenAI agent's unauthorised access to a Medicare statistics portal. The government accepted all 18 of the review's recommendations on 10 November 2026, including mandatory incident reporting and a possible 'failure to prevent' criminal offence.

Kabeer Ahmad8 min read