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Andrew Brown

Fresh warnings migration cuts could make housing worse

Tony Burke says reducing migration won't fix the imbalance between immigration and housing numbers. (Jay Kogler/AAP PHOTOS)

Migration opponents are being warned big cuts to Australia's intake numbers would cause havoc for the economy and impact housing targets.

Immigration and housing numbers were out of balance with each other but dramatic cuts were not the solution, minister Tony Burke said ahead of the release of net overseas migration numbers on Thursday.

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