The original question was where is a good place for EE. Australia has many good qualities, but being good for EE clearly isn't one of them. You realise this yourself, so why are you so defensive?
Not defensive, just responding your your rather big claim that Australian engineers leave here because there is no work. Of which I think you are completely off the mark.
How many Australian engineers outside Australia have you asked about their reasons for leaving?
None.
How many Oz locals do you know that stayed in Oz because they did find interesting work?
I've talked with maybe 50 in the UK, most of whom left the country directly from college. Often not because they couldn't find any work, but because they couldn't find good work.
That might sound a lot to you, but I think you are failing to realise is that your numbers and perception of this is likely to be quite skewed. Why?
Because you are failing to take into account the vast majority who do stay here and did find good interesting work. You don't encounter these people being overseas, you only see it from your perspective.
Of course you'd expect to find a good % of the aussies in another country saying they left here because
they couldn't find interesting work that suited
them! A variation on the anthropic principle if you like. That doesn't automatically make it any significant percentage.
As a local I can tell you that there is no systemic culture of EE's leaving here because a lack of work, or interesting work.
I've talked with quite a few in the US. There they cite the US as the place with the most opportunities, but they also cite the job market in Australia as problematic.
I won't argue that, except that I'd change the word "problematic" to "limited".
As someone who has lived here, worked in, analysed, and commented on the local industry in Sydney for 20+ years, I agree with the other poster that there is always interesting work to be had if you look hard enough.
On the other hand, in the US you don't have to look hard at all.
I can cite one major example I pointed out on the Amp Hour. TI, one ship company in one state, in one city, had more electronics jobs openings than
all of the listed electronics job openings in Australia.