As a co-author of several editions of Where To Retire In Australia (independently researched, and we;'ve actually travelled/travel to over 200 locations around Australia), it needs to be said that the ABS told me last week that the latest 'The Retirement and Retirement Intentions survey doesn’t ask about interstate migration, so we can only comment that there was a rise in the number of retirees, *not what caused the rise* .
It is likely to be some combination of Queenslanders retiring and retirees moving to Queensland'.