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the radiologist who can't afford to leave or stay
her mother hums in the hallway while the numbers refuse to change
Mei-Lin Tran
Brisbane, Australia
‘Come over’: NZ’s message to tax-hit Aussies after Albanese government removed key discount in federal budget
The relocation pitch from New Zealand lands differently when you're not mobile. Her mother doesn't want to leave Brisbane. Her husband is mid-certification. Her patients are here. She's exactly the kind of professional New Zealand wants qualified, driven, tax-sensitive but actually moving would mean dismantling everything she built to support the people she built it for. The tax hit is survivable; what haunts her is whether staying means slowly drowning while watching people with less holding them here simply leave.
Talk and reflect
When your responsibilities keep you rooted, does watching others leave make staying feel like a choice or a trap?
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