Speed dating used to lure British women to Australia

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September 26, 2008 12:00am


AN Australian government agency is trying to lure single Bitish woman down under with the promise of a Mr Right in a speed dating event.

In the first event of its kind, 40 single British women spent an evening meeting a host of Aussie hunks over tinnies and Australian wine in London.

“Our research shows that many single British women are actively looking for love but not finding it. We can offer UK migrants a quality lifestyle," Bill Muirhead, South Australia’s Agent General in London, said.


"We don't have the budgets for UK advertising which the other states do so we have to be creative, innovative and clever if we want to win our share of the attention. "More than a third of all overseas migration to South Australia comes from the UK so it's fundamentally important we succeed here."

Among the daters was Anne-Marie Baladie, 26, a teacher working in Watford.
“I would definitely consider moving out to Australia, and the fact that there are more single men in Adelaide than in London is definitely an incentive,” she said.