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Goverment should have points added/deducted for moving to crowded less crowded cities. *

Adelaide/Hobart +10 Melbourne/Sydney -10 etc.

This might mean companies that need immigrants have to set up offices in Adelaide and Hobart. Fair enough.

* I'm assuming you read the article re: points scheme

They do exactly what you describe. Moving to Adelaide, for example, gets you 5 points. I believe it can be even more for country towns if you possess much-needed skills eg. are a doctor.

I thought I had heard about them doing exactly this, but haven't seen anything about it in a while.

It can be simply achieved via income tax change. There’s already a tax rebate depending on the degree of ‘remoteness’. But it’s a political hot potato because the majority of the population lives in three cities.

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