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In this week’s episode, Chris and Pete cover:

1 – Leaders hit pause on rapid immigration

2 – Help to Buy Scheme passed as legislation

3 – Australia’s apartment supply crunch continues to worse 

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1 – Leaders hit pause on rapid immigration

Peter Dutton pledges to drastically slash migration in bid to free up 100,000 homes over five years

https://theconversation.com/peter-dutton-pledges-to-drastically-slash-migration-in-bid-to-free-up-100-000-homes-over-five-years-230205

Starmer: record net migration shows Tories ran ‘open borders experiment’

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/28/uk-deal-iraq-people-smugglers-europe

Starmer pledges to reduce immigration with points-based reform

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-net-migration-falls-year-june-2024-11-28/

Fact Check: Trudeau announced Canada immigration cuts, not freeze

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/trudeau-announced-canada-immigration-cuts-not-freeze-2024-11-28/

2 – Help to Buy Scheme passed as legislation

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/how-the-federal-government-help-to-buy-scheme-will-work/104650296

3 – Australia’s apartment supply crunch continues to worsen

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2024/11/australias-apartment-supply-crunch-worsens/

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