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    Australia’s federal pollies real estate interests exposed

    August 26, 20246 Mins Read


    Australia’s federal politicians are estimated to own over $405m worth of real estate – far removed from the housing crisis, with the top 15 owning 88 between them.

    As the cost of living crisis facing average Australians worsens, greater pressure is being brought to bear on Australia’s 227 federal politicians who control all changes to tax and other structures through which thousands of people are currently profiting off housing, and significantly more struggling to get into the frenzied market.

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    Around 95 per cent of Australia’s federal politicians already own property.


    Analysis of the Register of Members’ Interests of the 47th parliament show around 95 per cent of Australia’s federal politicians already own real estate interests, with only about 10 of the individual members or senators showing none to their name, and the top 15 owning a whopping 88 properties.

    Federal Liberal MP Andrew Wallace (Fisher Qld) is the unofficial GOAT of political property investing. His declaration shows no real estate attributed to him, and two to his spouse/partner in Wurtulla, Qld and Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada – but two of his companies Wallco Property Group and QHF Properties have had extensive real estate interests.

    Federal MP Andrew Wallace is the unofficial GOAT of political property investing,


    Rachel Meyers of Ray White Bli Bli has this property listed for sale in Bli Bli looking for “best offers”.


    His firm sold off this Bargara property of five units for $1,295,000 in March last year.


    Wallco alone has been involved in over a dozen property deals, with the company currently declared as having two properties in Monkland and Bli Bli Qld. The Bli Bli house is currently listed for sale aimed at “best offers”. He sold off a property in Bargara last year for $1.295m, which had five individual units within it rented out.

    The biggest portfolio currently on the register though is held by Liberal Nola Marino (Forrest, WA) who has eight properties spanning a massive 380-plus hectares, according to records to February – much of which is used for farming.

    Nola Marino is the real GOAT in the current federal parliament when it comes to property ownership. Picture: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.


    Nola Marino’s real estate in Western Australia used primarily for farming. Picture: Google.


    She’s also got some forested property.


    Almost all of her real estate in Western Australia – owned with her spouse/partner – is used for production of dairy and beef, hay production and sales, breeding, racing and leasing thoroughbred horses. Property records show many have been held for decades, with just one purely residential property.

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Marrickville home – listed for rent in real estate records in January at over $1,300 a week – was changed into an investment and named as rental income this year, given he is now living in the official PM’s residence.

    Opposition Leader Peter Dutton sold his investment property located in Brisbane CBD last year and held one residential property as his home earlier this year.

    Three members have seven properties each, including Labor’s Brendan O’Connor (Gorton VIC), Labor’s Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Higgins VIC) and Liberal National Karen Andrews (McPherson QLD).

    Mr O’Connor has properties in Niddrie, Keilor, Fitzroy, Lorne, while his spouse/partner has real estate in Euroa, Longwood and Creightons Creek.

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    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) with Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah (right) during a site visit to Star Health Centre in Prahran. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling.


    Dr Ananda-Rajah has four joint holdings with her spouse in Porepunkah, VIC, Beaumaris, TAS, Canterbury, VIC, and North Melbourne, VIC, with another Victorian property in North Carlton and two interstate investments in Brisbane, QLD.

    Mrs Andrews has recently sold one of her seven properties – letting go an investment in Ayr – but brought her tally back up to seven buying another rental in Toowoomba, both in Queensland. She also co-owns investment properties in Deniliquin, NSW, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Mudgeeraba, Palm Beach, and two in Clear Island Waters.

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    Two members have six properties each: Liberal Gavin Pearce (Braddon Tas) and Anthony Burke (Watson NSW).

    Mr Pearce’s interests showed four properties in Lapoinya, one in Myalla with another under his spouse/partner in Arthur River Tas.

    Mr Burke’s real estate investments are spread through Punchbowl NSW, Meander Valley TAS, Belconnen ACT, Port Phillip VIC, and in Tasmania Sorell and Huon Valley.

    Labor’s Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby SA) was on six earlier, but has now dropped down to five properties after removing a Kensington Park house from her list earlier this year. No sale price is available, but she had bought it six years earlier for $1.455m. She still has real estate holdings across Cumberland Park SA, Glynde SA, Goolwa SA, McCracken SA with her spouse/partner also holding one in Crafers SA.

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    Seven other members also have five properties each according to declarations to February, four of whom were Labor members.

    Labor’s Antonio Zappia (Makin SA) has five in South Australia – two in Pooraka, one apiece in Ingle Farm, Moana and St Kilda; Deborah O’Neill (NSW, Senate) has funds invested in property in Copacabana NSW, Stanley and Alcomie in Tasmania, Yorky’s Knob in Qld and Kingston ACT; Andrew Charlton (Parramatta NSW) has Barristers Chambers in Sydney, two in Parramatta, as well as Bellevue Hill and Woollahra; while Catryna Bilyk (Tas Senate) has a home in Griffiths ACT as well as Kingston Tasmania, plus two investment units in South Hobart and another investment in Kingston.

    Three Liberals out of Queensland also show five properties each: Andrew Willcox (Dawson Qld) who has made real estate investments in Mt St John, Garbutt, Hyde Park, Currajong and Bowen; Gerard Rennick (Qld Senate) who has two in Brisbane, one in Cabarita Beach, one in Canberra and a property in Chinchilla; and Colin Boyce (Flynn Qld) whose interests lie with four in Taroom and one in Wandoan.

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