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Migrants are stopping regional areas from shrinking

  • Written by Emily Longstaff, PhD Candidate (Sociology), Australian National University
imageInternational migrants are key contributors to the unskilled workforce.World Bank/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Population growth has profound impacts on Australian life, and sorting myths from facts can be difficult. This article is part of our series, Is Australia Full?, which aims to help inform a wide-ranging and often emotive debate.

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