Labour shortage is driving up construction costs and stopping industry from building enough homes to ease housing crisis, Master Builders says
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Leading construction bodies are urging the government to change its approach to skilled migration and bring in more migrants to ease the shortage of tradies.
Industry bodies say a chronic shortage of workers across 12 different trades is impacting housing prices and affecting the flow of new homes into the market.
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