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WA home builder BGC suspends new orders as Mark McGowan denies government stimulus packages are to blame

Zoe and Joel Masters unfinished house in Mandogalup, a build Ms Masters described as "disastrous".  (ABC News: James Carmody)

WA Premier Mark McGowan has refused to accept his government's pandemic-era home stimulus grants played a role in overheating the state's housing market, which has left people saddled with unfinished homes.

Instead, Mr McGowan characterised the move by one of the state's biggest home builders to severely limit new home builds as a sign of how strong the West Australian economy is, with tens of thousands of new homes currently under construction.

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