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Tess Ikonomou and Kat Wong

REVEALED: Housing and construction skills programs get 90m boost | Rare Historical Photos

More government funding will go towards training new bricklayers, plumbers and other tradies. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Thousands more Australians could be lured to the construction sector as the government attempts to boost a struggling workforce and hit housing targets.

An extra 20,000 training places will be funded under a $90 million package in the federal budget, to train the bricklayers, plumbers and other tradies who will build the homes for Australia's growing populace.

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