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At the other end of the scale, Murray Chong, Harry Duynhoven, Colin Johnston and Dinnie Moeahu had no conflicts listed as at the end of March.
Tony Bedford: Taranaki Electricity Trust (Trustee), Waitara Services and Citizens Club (Member), Hurricanes Alumni (Member), Hurricanes Schools Council (Life Member), Residential Property Owner, Family Trust, Taranaki Electricity Trust, Hurricanes Alumni (Trustee), Taranaki Elite Athletes Foundation (Council appointee).
Sam Bennett: Speaking Made Easy (Ownership of company and contract with NPDC), Full Circle Bespoke Life Events, Heart of Brooklands, New Plymouth Operatic Society (Sponsorship Manager), Celebrants Association of New Zealand, Residential Property Owner, APJ and DM Bennett and PJ Bennett (Family Trust), Star Gym (Council representative).
Home hunters in Sydney and Melbourne can still find quality bargains near the city for less than $600,000.
Record-low interest rates have fuelled a property price boom pushing median house prices in Sydney above $1.1million for the first time ever.
The surge in property prices is so dramatic the Reserve Bank of Australia is worried about low-income people, including the young, missing out following the end of JobKeeper wage subsidies. If housing prices continue to rise as the end of stimulus payments slows household income growth, this will present renewed challenges for housing affordability for lower-income households, it said on Friday.
Australians who can t afford Sydney house advised to buy house in another city
Median house price of $1.112million beyond reach of average income earners
Someone earning $89,000 a year could afford a $500,000 Sydney apartment
But apartments don t have the same capital growth as a house with a backyard
House in city like Brisbane or Adelaide near the CBD would have capital growth
Provincial regional centres had 40 per cent house price growth in five years