ABC News, 20 April 2017:
There's no housing affordability crisis in the ranks of Federal Parliament's members and senators.
The politicians charged with tackling the thorny issue of spiralling house prices are among the nation's most aggressive property investors, an analysis by the ABC has revealed.
The 226 individuals own 524 properties between them and about half of them own investment properties.
That means many of our politicians have a very personal interest in any changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount……
Ninety-six per cent of parliamentarians own a property. Only 10 out of our 224 elected officials aren't in the game.
Compare that to the rest of Australia, where home ownership is expected to dip below 50 per cent sometime this year.
Register of Members’ Interests for 45th Australian Parliament.
Although a number of investment properties are listed in the members’ register this does not necessarily mean that additional property is not owned as part of superannuation schemes (other than that operated by the Commonwealth of Australia) or included in the assets of a private corporation in which a member has a significant shareholding.
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