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Qantas leave balance reductions equal to 700 job cuts

Qantas will cut about 15% of its Asian capacity, pare back trans-Tasman and domestic flights and freeze recruitment in response to the coronavirus, but plans to run down annual leave balances across its workforce to avoid job losses, while the NTEU is pressing universities to protect casual employees whose earnings are threatened by the sharp drop in Chinese students.