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Thanks for serving the public and offering a strong voice of dissent

Letters: 'He has always kept the ratepayers informed'.

Newcastle Herald

In just three months Bonza has collapsed and Rex is on the brink. What’s gone wrong?

Australian aviation appeared vibrant in 2023. But headwinds, not seen by the public, soon hit the two airlines that were pushing down ticket prices

The Guardian - AU

Advisors called in as taxpayer bailout weighed for Rex

The federal government has engaged three external consultants as it considers its options in coming to the aid of cash-strapped regional carrier Rex.

AAP

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What is ‘slot hoarding’ – and is it locking out regional airlines like Rex?

It’s been a depressing year for regional aviation. Rex Airlines has just become the second Australian airline to go into voluntary administration this year, after Bonza’s collapse in April.

The Conversation

Rex’s demise highlights industry’s favouritism of Qantas and Virgin, former watchdog chair says

Rod Sims says criticism of Rex’s decision to compete with major operators on capital city routes ignores failures of public policy

The Guardian - AU

Joan Chen: ‘I asked to leave Twin Peaks – I was determined to do feature films’

The star of ‘The Last Emperor’ is earning Oscar buzz for her work in the sweet coming-of-age dramedy ‘Dìdi’. She talks to Annabel Nugent about her career regrets, why she loved working with Bernardo Bertolucci, and David Lynch’s response to her request to exit his celebrated murder mystery series

The Independent UK

Could government bail out Rex?

Any potential buyers for the airline would need to make a massive investment in new planes, and the latest Closing the Gap report is deeply concerning for First Nations peoples.

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PM downplays airline duopoly as Rex waits for lifeline

A competition tsar has taken issue with the prime minister's suggestion that regional airline Rex engineered its own demise by targeting capital-city routes.

AAP

Qantas and Virgin Australia offer free flights for Rex passengers after airline goes bust

Normally when an airline fails, rivals offer ‘rescue fares’ at marginal cost. But the two big Australian carriers are making no charge at all

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: Hamas leader killed; Rex sacks hundreds of staff; and how to watch tonight’s meteor showers

Hamas blames Israel for death, which one official described as a ‘grave escalation’

The Guardian - AU

'It's everything': rural Australians fear Rex's fate

Rural Australians who rely on Rex for health, education, mail and groceries fear for their future as the regional airline entered voluntary administration.

AAP

Australian Airline Rex Enters Administration As Finances Sag

The Australian regional airline Rex cancelled flights as it entered voluntary administration Wednesday, leaving the fate of the country's third-largest carrier in serious doubt.

International Business Times

Rex is Labor’s chance to terrify Qantas and curtail its gouging, lying and rorting

A bailout of Rex Airlines is the perfect vehicle for the government to re-enter aviation and subject Qantas to real competition.

Crikey

As many as 360 workers sacked at Rex with hundreds more jobs to go

Employees reportedly told the airline will no longer operate flights between capital cities

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The Guardian - AU

Melbourne legionnaires’ disease outbreak grows – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Why aren’t the likes of Rex and Bonza flying high in Australian skies? Ask the politicians

The idea of a truly competitive airline industry can’t seem to take off

The Canberra Times

Doubt over Rex Canberra-Melbourne service as airline collapses

Virgin promises to take passengers already booked on Rex flights.

Crikey

Regional Express folds

Regional areas are fearful of losing jobs and tourism after Rex went into voluntary administration yesterday, and the latest inflation data is set to be released.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Kaylee McKeown powers to gold, academics say university cheating out of control, Rex enters administration

Australian swimmer sets new Olympic record; university cheating ‘beyond belief’, say staff and students

AAP

Help on its way for Rex despite 'flawed' expansion

A taxpayer-funded lifeline for Rex Airlines looks increasingly likely as the Albanese government highlights the carrier's "absolutely vital" regional presence.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: pollution in Seine postpones triathlon; Legionnaires’ outbreak in Melbourne; and people turn off Maccas

Organisers make decision just hours before scheduled start after heavy rain over Paris swells river

The Guardian - AU

Rex airlines enters voluntary administration with all flights between capital cities grounded

Federal government says Rex ‘will have a future’ with minister suggesting Labor will step in to save troubled company

The Conversation

Rex Airlines’ future up in the air amid questions about viability of small airlines in Australia

Winter is always a tough time to be an airline in Australia.

Crikey

Competition under threat in Australia’s aviation sector as Rex halts trading

The budget carrier is caught up in a bitter boardroom stoush and will reportedly appoint an administrator this week.

The Guardian - AU

Rex has entered voluntary administration. What happens next to the embattled regional airline?

Virgin Australia has offered to rebook Rex passengers due to travel on now-grounded capital city flights on an equivalent Virgin service free of charge

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