The mass exodus has begun. 65,000 departures in April alone is pretty huge compared to the inbound numbers. We'll lose 5% of our population before the year is out. That's a lot of tax revenue walking out the door. Graph below is residents returning x1000.
**EDIT** The inbound numbers for April were a lot higher as well at 55'000ish**
Departures increasing
Since March last year, 156,507 Australian citizens and permanent residents were given exemptions to leave Australia out of 329,180 who made requests, according to the Australian Border Force.
A total of 84,031 requests from Australian citizens and permanent residents to leave Australia were denied.
In April, there were 65,100 departures from Australia, the highest monthly figure since the pandemic began, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Among those leaving are long-term skilled migrants, which economic policy program director at the Grattan Institute Brendan Coates says Australia can't afford to lose.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/bye-bye-...nes%20overseas.