There is a market, there are plenty of narrow body VH registered jets available, and there are plenty of well qualified pilots packing shelves. JQ took in instant captains when they converted to A320's. If you want a place in the future, forget old fashioned contacts and seniority rules.
Rex whatever it is called, will happen by this time next year. And looking at the performance of the VA Administrator, I think the market will be QF, ANZ, JQ and RexNeo.
Intra Australia travel and tourism will happen and it will expand to the NZ, Singapore, Korea, Japan bubble fairly quickly.