Aussies ditch Sydney and Melbourne for QLD
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released data showing that thousands more Australians have ditched Sydney and Melbourne and moved to Queensland.
As shown in the next table, 8,169 residents left Sydney and 8,273 residents left Melbourne over the March quarter. By contrast, Brisbane gained 3,274 residents from the rest of Australia:
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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