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Stephanie Gardiner

'It's a lifeline': relief as government hands Rex $80m

Rex administrators will get up to $80 million to keep regional services running and pay ex-workers. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Rural Australians are relieved their vital medical, tourism and business sectors are secure after the federal government chipped in up to $80 million to keep Rex airlines' regional routes in the air.

Rex went into voluntary administration in July after its fleet of Boeing 737s operating between major metropolitan centres was grounded.

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