{"id":28198,"date":"2024-08-01T04:22:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=28198"},"modified":"2024-08-01T04:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:22:36","slug":"rex-too-important-to-tasmania-to-be-allowed-to-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/rex-too-important-to-tasmania-to-be-allowed-to-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex too important to Tasmania to be allowed to fail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Greens are calling on the federal government to consider purchasing Rex Airlines to ensure the continued connectivity and economic stability of regional Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The collapse of Rex Airlines would be a devastating blow to Tasmania&#8217;s regional communities and our tourism industry,\u201d Greens Senator for Tasmania Nick McKim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRex is too important to Tasmania to be allowed to fail.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe cannot afford to lose such a vital service that supports local economies, jobs, and regional connectivity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe federal government must step up&nbsp; and investigate the possibility of buying Rex Airlines to keep it operational.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis move would safeguard essential transport links and prevent further economic disruption.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is about more than just keeping planes in the sky. It&#8217;s about preserving jobs, supporting tourism, and maintaining the vital connections that keep our regional areas thriving.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFederal Labor MPs and Senators need to step up and make sure the Prime Minister understands how critical Rex is to Tasmania.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens are calling on the federal government to consider purchasing Rex Airlines to ensure the continued connectivity and economic stability of regional Australia. &#8220;The collapse of Rex Airlines would be a devastating blow to Tasmania&#8217;s regional communities and our tourism industry,\u201d Greens Senator for Tasmania Nick McKim said. \u201cRex is too important to Tasmania &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/rex-too-important-to-tasmania-to-be-allowed-to-fail\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rex too important to Tasmania to be allowed to fail&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28199,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28198\/revisions\/28199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}