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South Australia seeks formula to reverse exodus

  • wilson079
  • Sep 23, 2019
  • 1 min read

Of all the conversations parents never want to have with their child — drug or alcohol problems, unwanted pregnancies, relationship dramas — one particular chat has instilled fear and despair in the hearts of South Australian mums and dads for more than a generation.

It’s this: “Mum, Dad, I’ve got a job … in Sydney.”

Or Melbourne. Or Brisbane. Or overseas, or anywhere but Adelaide, where the brain drain is the dinner party-stopping topic of conversation for the South Australian middle class.

 
 
 

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