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COVID-19 helping drive regional growth as flexible work sees people look beyond the city
The COVID-19 pandemic is helping to drive growth in regional Australia, with flexible work making it possible for people to relocate beyond built-up coastal cities.
Key points:
- Regional Australia Institute says evidence points to regional movement, triggered by COVID-19
- There are a record 54,000 job vacancies across regional Australia
- Flexible work arrangements are making location less limiting on people’s careers
Raised in Sydney, Annabelle Hickson was apprehensive about moving to the country after falling in love with a farmer.
“I thought it would be good for my young family, but I really thought it would be socially difficult for me, and my career would really have to come to a bit of an end,” the journalist and author said.
The Hickson…
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