What’s gone wrong in South Australia? For much of the population, not very much, really. Most services are quite good, infrastructure development has kept pace with population growth, and while wage levels are lower than, say, Sydney, costs are also lower in many things including, notably, housing.

On the other hand, the economy is stagnant, unemployment is snaking upwards, corporate head offices have almost all moved out, except SANTOS, young well qualified people leave to be just about replaced by international migration, and innovation is limited.