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Four reasons to leave the UK for Australia, from people who did it
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In 2024-25, 40,000 people migrated to Australia from the UK – a 26 per cent rise in arrivals compared with the pre-pandemic average, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reports.
Higher disposable incomeThe UK minimum wage is £12.71 per hour, compared with A$26.44 (£19.62) per hour in Australia.
The median annual salary for full-time employees in the UK is £39,863, according to the ONS, compared with A$90,532 (£67,155) in Australia.
Dr Shivam Sharma, deputy chair of the resident doctors committee at the BMA, said in a statement that it was “sad…but hardly surprising” that resident doctors have been looking abroad to continue their careers.
NHS resident doctors protesting outside Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary in April.