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There's an old Slavic saying that describes the master-servant relationship. It goes: I'm the boss, you're an idiot. You're the boss, I'm an idiot. Overhead in the Two Good Eggs: The property tax system is busted, and we’re at the end of the road … The blast from the past, Malcolm Farr, noted in the Daily Telegraph on 24/04/2008 ( Families struggle as 13th rate rise looms) Spending cuts in next month's Federal Budget could be even more severe after a round of price rises drained family purses and boosted inflation by more than 4 per cent. Chances of a cut in interest rates this year have been erased by the inflation jump, and a 13th rise in a row is now in prospect
H E may be the state's Housing Minister but, as a landlord, Matt Brown claims to not know what is going on State Housing Minister has 14 landservants warning PDF list Landlords and Landladies: the wild men and women of Sydney
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NOBODY can say NSW Housing Minister Matt Brown isn't qualified for his portfolio. After all, the member for Kiama owns 14 investment properties, which must afford the Minister some special insights into housing issues.
According to the Parliament's pecuniary interests register, 47 out of the 135 MPs in NSW have second homes or rental investment properties - many have multiple properties.
Mr Brown is the most prolific landlord in Parliament, with properties listed in Ultimo, Inverell, Ayr, Rotorua (NZ), White Rock, Secret Harbour, Brisbane, Canningvale, Campbelltown, South Brisbane, Bushlands Beach, two more lots in undisclosed locations as well as his home in Kiama. House leader John Aquilina is also a leader in the property stakes, with an investment apartment in York St, on top of his family home in Blacktown and a holiday house - plus adjoining vacant lot - in Portland. Police Minister David Campbell has six properties in total - although two of them are car spaces - including two apartments in Potts Point. Nationals MP George Souris has 12, including properties in Redfern, Surry Hills and Darling Point - as well as six in Kythera, Greece.
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