Qantas chairman heckled by shareholders at AGM as investors reject executive pay plans
by Elias Visontay, Jonathan Barrett and Cait Kelly from on (#6G32J)
Shouts of shame on you' after shareholder Chris Maxworthy's microphone cut off
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Qantas's annual general meeting erupted with shareholders shouting shame on you" at the board's chairman, Richard Goyder, as investors overwhelmingly rejected the embattled company's executive pay deal.
That result, which marked one of Australia's largest ever protest votes against executive pay, came after Goyder and the airline's chief executive, Vanessa Hudson, apologised to investors for a year of sagas that had seen the company's share price plummet.
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