Australia's efforts to encourage migrants to live in less-populated rural areas have hit a hurdle: Many of the new arrivals have been swiftly moving to the big cities.
Much of the concern has focused on a popular scheme in which migrants take jobs in a rural area after being backed by a local employer.
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