Midwife hit with $70,000 foreign investment tax after moving to Australia

According to ABC News Australia, a British midwife who relocated to Australia to fill critical regional healthcare staffing gaps was hit with a seventy thousand dollar foreign investment fee when she purchased her home. The charge has prompted her to call for legal reform—a pointed example of how migration incentives and property regulations can create unexpected barriers for the skilled workers countries actively recruit.

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