On 14 September, in collaboration with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the Department for Industry, Innovation and Science, we invited migrants and international students between the ages of approximately 20 and 40 years, who arrived in Adelaide within the last 5 years, to participate in a Migrant Consultation Session, held at the PwC Australia Skilled Service Hub.

Migrants who participated in the consultation represented over 15 different countries utilising various visa pathways including skilled, humanitarian, family, and international student visas.

The purpose of the consultation was to engage with migrants to gain an understanding about their experiences moving to South Australia and to hear from them about what can or could be done to make the transition easier and to learn more about what would attract migrants to stay here in the longer term.

Thank you to everyone who participated and to Ethel Osazuwa for facilitating this session. The stories shared and the breakout sessions discussing how we can retain migrants were invaluable. We look forward to sharing out outcomes of the session in due course.