Mark Mitchell

So they are really feeling the effects of the shortage of abgas or jet fuel.

We get most of it, if not all of it, from international sources.

A lot of it comes...

out of China and South Korea.

So their fuel bill is going through the roof.

And of course, the other problem that they've got, and that has led to higher airfares, is that because Emirates, Qatar, all of the Middle Eastern airlines are not able to give regular and reliable flights through those travel hubs in the Middle East, people are jumping off and putting themselves on Qantas flights that fly Melbourne, Perth to London direct, Perth to Paris direct,

and going through the Middle East.

So every seat on every Qantas plane is full.

So, you know, they're doing well in that regard, but the fuel situation is unbelievable.

Do you fly Qantas when you go to Europe?

100%.

I fly either Qantas or...

with Emirates, which is part of the system.

Oh, they're part of the same thing.

I was watching Harry and Meghan yesterday, and I can't remember the woman I was watching explain it, and I thought she did it extremely well.

So yes, when you go to a hospital, of course you're going to have a bunch of kids lined up going, oh, aren't they lovely?

But at the end of the day, he's not sold out, she's not sold out, and they've fallen between stalls, haven't they?

They're not royal, and they're not material enough to have anyone actually pay any money to go and see them.

They're sort of tragic grifters in the middle, aren't they?

Yeah, the word grifter keeps coming up.