The government wants more skilled migrants to move to the regions

The federal government has revised its regional migration program - which includes Perth and the Gold Coast no longer being classified as "major cities" for migration purposes. It says the change will help to ease congestion across the country. The government wants more skilled migrants to move to the regions, and announced an increase in the total number of regional places in its migration program from 23,000 to 25,000. The definition of "regional Australia" is also changing. From the middle of next month Perth and the Gold Coast will no longer be classified as "major cities". Labor says the government previously said the Gold Coast's classification wouldn't change...

Kırsal Avustralya (SBS). Source: SBS