Between 2019 and 2021, Australia's population growth halved; foreign students abandoned by governments, they in turn abandoned Australia. 

The loss of 200,000 people in their 20s has been most keenly felt in hospitality and retail, and whilst governments focus on skilled immigration, this cohort will largely remain lost.

Not only did young people move away from Australia, the ones that stayed moved away from CBDs, as Millenials moved into parenthood that accompanies their 30s.

Hospitality, according to the R&CA, is 100,000 staff short, and venues of all kinds will have to turn to innovative ways to solve the staffing dilemma