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Pandemic pushes city slickers to Queensland country towns
Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed a net loss of 11,247 people were recorded in capital cities in the September 2020 quarter as residents rushed to regional areas.
The loss of residents from major cities was the largest quarterly fall on record, double the September 2019 quarter figure of 5631 people.
Queensland University of Technology nursing and paramedicine graduate Morgan Brown made the decision to spend her first year working in Augathella, about 740 kilometres north-west of Brisbane.
Recent graduate Morgan Brown has moved to outback Queensland.
“I’m really excited to move to the area. I went and had a look recently and the countryside is just gorgeous,” she said.
“The community is a factor as well when I…
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