Australia: Rex goes under, Ministry reshuffled

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 31 July 2024
Image of Rex Airlines Saab airliner.

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Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about regional airline Rex going into voluntary administration after struggling to compete with Qantas and Virgin.

The Prime Minister has rearranged his ministry to solve some political problems that had cropped up and the Australian and New Zealand finance ministers and climate change ministers are meeting for the annual 2+2 talks.

Also - Karen gives an update on how Australia is faring at the Olympics.

Karen Middleton is political editor of the Guardian Australia