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Is slowing Australia's population growth really the best way out of this crisis?

  • Written by Gabriela D'Souza, Affiliate, Monash department of business statistics and econometrics, Monash University
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After weeks of pressuring the government to do more to support temporary migrants who fall outside the criteria for government support, the opposition took a surprising stance in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald on Sunday.

Labor immigration spokesperson Kristina Keneally called for a rethink of our migration program and asked:

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