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

The government is committed to helping Rex Airlines, now in administration after its gamble to take on Qantas and Virgin on major routes came a cropper. Infrastructure Minister Catherine King this morning said “We would be reluctant to just throw money at the problem”, but otherwise left the way open to various forms of assistance.

Rex, which is majority-Singapore owned, got plenty of taxpayer assistance during the pandemic — in a way that King was critical of at the time — and has been accused of acting