Clinton Maynard has called on our politicians to make the hard call regarding immigration after Premier Chris Minns told Breakfast host Ben Fordham that immigration had a role to play in emergency departments being packed.

The Sydney Now host says Sydney is drowning in people, as almost 25 per cent of new arrivals made their way to Sydney in 2025.

“Tell people to live in other cities. Tell people to live in regional areas. Sydney is not coping. And it’s not new; lots of politicians have said so for years, but then they don’t do anything about it,” he said.

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