This article originally appeared at InQueensland and is republished here with permission. Was Qantas CEO Alan Joyce ever seriously thinking about leaving his three-bedroom penthouse in a Harry Seidler-designed apartment building in Sydney’s The Rocks to move to Brisbane? I have my doubts, but when Qantas invited state governments in September last year to bid for its Sydney-based head office, the Palaszczuk administration took the bait. Qantas made it sound like a serious proposition. “Possible interstate move for national carrier HQ as it consolidates property footprint” was the tantalising headline on Qantas’ statement announcing a review of the location of its key facilities “as part of its recovery plan and efforts to cut overheads”.