‘$250k not enough’: Aussies eyeing exit amid affordability crisis

Australia’s great escape is no longer just for the rich – now the nurses, professionals and young families being crushed by the cost of living are eyeing the exit too. In the latest sign the nation’s affordability crisis is biting far beyond battlers, a young Australian nurse says she’s ready to quit the country for good and head to New York, lured by the promise of nearly double the pay, a bigger life and a future she no longer sees here. Liv Halliwell, 26, is planning to relocate to the United States after a whirlwind three-day trip to New York left her convinced the city could offer everything Australia can’t. The former London resident said the move isn’t about a temporary overseas adventure. She believes it could be permanent. MORE NEWS ‘Control’: Portelli suddenly quits Aus for good Where single Aussies can move for under $4000 ‘Really cheap’: Aus couple snap up $16k ski home in Japan And her reason cuts to the heart of a growing problem for Australia: workers in critical jobs are starting to believe they’ll be better off somewhere else. “In terms of nursing, the nurses in America make so much more than we do. Almost double our salary. Even just normal ward nursing because it...