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Would you live in rural areas for 5 years?

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The Federal Government is unveiling a plan to introduce mandatory settlement for some new migrants in regional areas to ease population pressure on Melbourne and Sydney.


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By Davide Schiappapietra, Marco Lucchi

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The Federal Government is unveiling a plan to introduce mandatory settlement for some new migrants in regional areas to ease population pressure on Melbourne and Sydney.


Under a new proposal, new migrants would be asked to settle in regional areas struggling with low population and other capital cities outside Melbourne and Sydney for up to five years after their arrival. We asked our audience if they would accept these conditions in order to remain in Australia.

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