More than 40 housing, homelessness and community service organisations have signed an open letter to Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton expressing concerns that migrant communities are being scapegoated as the primary reason for the housing crisis. Advocacy group Everybody's Home coordinated the letter, and says it's nonsense to blame a recent increase in overseas migration for a housing crisis that's been decades in the making.
The federal opposition claims the government's migration reforms will make the housing crisis worse amid a shortage in skilled tradespeople. His comments have raised fears the major political parties are using migrants as scapegoats, even as business groups and unions largely welcome the changes.
A first of its kind national multicultural health and wellbeing conference has kicked off in Sydney. The conference is aiming to open dialogue and discuss ways of improving Australia's health system for multicultural communities.
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