Federal government guarantees regional flights for Rex customers during administration

The federal government will guarantee all regional flight bookings for customers of Rex during its administration process over the next month. Administrators were appointed to oversee Rex after the airline collapsed in late July, resulting in about 600 job losses. Federal Transport Minister Catherine King said the regional flight guarantee would provide certainty for Rex’s…

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Ahead of the May budget Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is being urged to clean out the HECS-HELP system

In short: Changes to the way HECS-HELP debt is calculated have been recommended after a review of Australia’s universities. Banks are being urged to change the way they assess HECS-HELP debt when people apply for home loans. What’s next?: The federal government is considering the university review recommendations. The head of a review into Australia’s universities has urged the government…

Australian retail giant Booktopia enters voluntary administration

Booktopia co-founder Tony Nash. Source: supplied. Australian online book retailer Booktopia has entered voluntary administration, following a first-half revenue downturn and struggles to secure additional funding. The ASX-listed company on Wednesday appointed McGrathNicol restructuring partners Keith Crawford, Matthew Caddy, and Damien Pasfield as voluntary administrators. The administrators are “undertaking an urgent assessment of Booktopia’s business…