SYDNEY: The hit to Australia’s population growth from closing its international borders is quickly turning a long-running housing shortage into a glut, bringing an end to the apartment building boom behind much of the country’s recent prosperity.
Since 2000, Australia has added about six million to its population, more than six times the growth seen in Germany, with most of that coming from immigration.
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