Pandemic migration causes culture clashes and class gap in regional Australia, research finds

 The culture of regional Australia could be changed forever, according to new university research, and not everyone is happy.

A two-year qualitative study by RMIT has found a mass migration of city dwellers set off by the pandemic has widened the class system in Australia, with clear winners and losers in regional areas.

Researchers followed 21 households that made the move away from city life to coastal hotspots and lifestyle towns in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

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