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Luke Costin and Alex Mitchell

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Priorities are wrong workers demand tourist tax - The Untold Story

Worker are unable to move to some areas due to a lack of long-term rental options, unions say. (Stephanie Gardiner/AAP PHOTOS)

Essential workers report being forced to choose between food or accommodation as union leaders call for higher taxes on tourists to help fix the dire state of housing affordability.

A surge in homes being converted into holiday rentals had left workers unable to move to some areas due to a lack of long-term rental options, a probe into the housing crisis was told on Friday.

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