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Tess Ikonomou and Andrew Brown

EXPLAINED: Builders fume as tradies left off priority skills list - The Real Truth

A peak body can't believe building trades have been left off a list of priority migrant skills. (David Mariuz/AAP PHOTOS)

The inclusion of yoga instructors and dog handlers on a draft list of priority migrant skills in the middle of a housing crisis has been labelled as nonsense by the federal opposition.

Trades, including plumbers and bricklayers, remain under consideration as the government struggles to meet its plan to building 1.2 million new homes by the end of the decade because of a skills shortfall.

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