With returning to Australia no longer as easy as hopping on a flight, roughly a fifth of Australia's highly skilled expat community has come home in 2020.
"I've got a great gig. I'm happy," says Shane Masters, managing director of Artesian, of his return to South Australia Ben Searcy
Shane Masters lived offshore for 13 years and had tried twice before to move back to Australia before finally succeeding this year, prompted, in part, by the spread of coronavirus.
Masters' re-entry, it has to be said, was not particularly pleasant. In August, the lawyer-turned-investor, his wife and three children spent the obligatory two weeks in hotel quarantine in Adelaide and at one point he had $56,000 of air tickets sitting on his credit card in an attempt to secure a flight home.
Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com
