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Claims record migration is worsening housing crisis

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While record migration may have contributed to lower unemployment, the Opposition claims it is worsening the housing crisis. Australia welcomed more than 2,000 migrants a day in the year to September, as the overall population grew 2.5% to nearly 27 million.
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