The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out

Joe Aston

Adelaide Writers' Week

Joe Aston, award-winning journalist and author of The Chairman’s Lounge, joins David Penberthy to discuss the delusion, greed and shameless profiteering that brought to ground one of the nation’s most iconic brands.

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Joe Aston wrote the celebrated ‘Rear Window’ column at the AFR for 12 years. Prior to that, he worked in corporate communications, including at Qantas – the subject of his book The Chairman’s Lounge. He lives in Sydney.

David Penberthy co-hosts the Breakfast Show on 5AA and has been a columnist with News Limited for over 20 years. He has edited The Daily Telegraph, Adelaide’s Sunday Mail and news.com.au. As state political editor for The Daily Telegraph, he covered the NSW Carr Labor government from 1999 to 2004.

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