'Breath of fresh air': Qantas chair says companies should steer clear of social causes

News Corp Senior Writer Patrick Carlyon has weighed in on Qantas chair John Mullen's latest remarks on that company's should steer clear of social causes. On Tuesday, Mr Mullen delivered a keynote speech at the Australian Institute of Company Directors and said the corporate world should, from now on, “pick its battles carefully”. “I mean, it's a breath of fresh air after so many years of having these big companies trying to sort of, you know, read the breeze and sort of go on a social issue that a lot of people sort of silently have been forced to sort of grumble about and say, well, I don't agree with that,” Mr Carlyon told Sky News host Rita Panahi.