Opinion
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.
Local
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.
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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.
Prospective city residents should be offered temporary accommodation in CBD apartments to convince them to buy property there, says councillor Priscilla Corbell-Moore.
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.
Lord Mayor Martin Haese wants the population of the City of Adelaide to surge.
