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Planning analyst doubts Government plan for migrants would free up cities

Melbourne's city centre towers above suburban housing

Source: AAP

The Government is promising visa reforms to make some new migrants spend at least a few years in regional areas in the belief it would ease population pressure in Australia's biggest cities.



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