Australians are crossing a gulf in pandemic freedoms, swapping life in locked-down cities for the coronavirus-free NT. Demographers are watching closely to see if it could solve the Territory's population woes.
When coronavirus was first taking hold in Australia, two paths unfolded before Melbourne-based artist Anna McDermott.
Ms McDermott is what Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has called a "coronavirus refugee": someone who has crossed the gulf in Australia's COVID-19 freedoms, swapping life in locked-down southern cities for the coronavirus-free NT. The jurisdiction has now reached a key milestone for a second time: the eradication of coronavirus in clinical terms.But a government spokeswoman said more than 220 people had listed relocation as their purpose of travel to the NT on border declaration forms since late August.
Demographers are already asking whether coronavirus freedoms will become a significant driver of population growth.But the territory is also Australia's. It has shrunk year-on-year every quarter since June 2018.
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