SYDNEY: Sydney and its surrounds need to slash immigration by half to counter worsening congestion in Australia’s most populous state, politicians said Wednesday.

The number of foreigners arriving in New South Wales annually had ballooned from about 45,000 in the early 2000s to nearly 100,000 today, said state premier Gladys Berejiklian — herself the daughter of Armenian migrants.

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