Pandemic plugs SA's brain drain - for now

It has taken a global pandemic to reverse the decades-long trend of working-age South Australians leaving the state for opportunities interstate and overseas. But will they stay once the crisis is over?

Richardson: The unique chip on our collective shoulder

It’s there. We all know it. And South Australian lawmakers should stop appealing to our unique sense of self-deprecation by telling us we need to slavishly follow the eastern states to succeed, writes Tom Richardson.

Population growth plan "risky, costly and problematic"

Migration experts warn a new plan spruiked as driving population growth in South Australia is practically “problematic, risky and very costly” to local businesses because the government hasn’t got the policy settings right.

Minister hopes SA has "turned the corner" on youth brain drain

South Australia’s outgoing minister responsible for population hopes new figures showing a long-awaited decline in young people leaving the state are a sign SA has “turned the corner” – but a new plan to boost local migrant numbers has drawn the ire of a former Immigration supremo.

"Try before you buy": council debates free city apartment living offer

Prospective city residents should be offered temporary accommodation in CBD apartments to convince them to buy property there, says councillor Priscilla Corbell-Moore.

Migration warning as South Australians stream interstate

South Australia lost 5000 people to interstate migration last year – the highest number in more than a decade – prompting an SOS from an industry expert warning that the current trend will cripple the local economy.

Haese declares 30,000 city population target

Lord Mayor Martin Haese wants the population of the City of Adelaide to surge.