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Labor Abandons Its ‘Big Australia’ for Reality

With genuine housing shortages and infrastructure bottlenecks, the ‘big Australia’ concept unsurprisingly no longer enjoys the favour it might have once had.
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Labor Abandons Its ‘Big Australia’ for Reality
Shoppers flock to Pitt Street Mall during Boxing Day sales in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 26, 2022. Roni Bintang/Getty Images
Eric Abetz
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One thing migrants coming to a new country cannot bring with them is a house to live in and wider roads.

Eric Abetz
Eric Abetz
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The Hon. Eric Abetz was an Australian Liberal Party senator from 1994-2022. He has held several cabinet positions and served on parliamentary committees examining Electoral Matters, Native Title, Legal and Constitutional Affairs, as well as Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.
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