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City vs Country: housing 'Big Australia'

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With immigration continuing at the rate of hundreds of thousands of people a year, are our major cities destined to become concrete jungles? Or should we be planning for population growth by revitalising our regional towns? To discuss the future of our housing is Bernard Salt, Australia's best known and respected demographer, and Danni Hunter Victorian CEO of the Urban Development Institute of Australia.

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