There's no housing crisis in the ranks of federal parliament's members and senators. Via TheFeedSBS
Deputy Greens leader and senator Mehreen Faruqi has been approved to subdivide her property and build three investment townhouses in Port Macquarie, it was reported earlier this month.
Many MPs also own a second property in Canberra, a holiday home or an investment. On average, there are about 20 sitting weeks in Parliament each year.SBS The Feed Karen Andrews who, with husband Chris, jointly owns six investment properties as well as her Gold Coast residence. Opposition leader Peter Dutton is listed as owning two Queensland properties, one residential/farm in rural Dayboro and a residential investment in Brisbane. He is listed as joint-owning another Brisbane investment property with his wife, Kirrily.When compared with wider Australia, the percentage of politicians with at least one investment property is higher than the 15 per cent of Australians who own an investment dwelling.
"It does tend to be a relatively small group of people who lead government policy thinking and they tend not to be renters or rental organisations in relation to housing."
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