PHOTO: Latest financial interest declarations show MPs have a significant holding of investment properties. Photograph: Darren England/AAP
About 15% of lower house MPs have financial interests in mining, energy and resources, latest declarations show
More than one in three Australian lower house MPs own investment properties, sharing a lucrative portfolio of 90 homes and apartments between them.
The latest batch of financial interest declarations was released on Wednesday, showing a significant holding of investment properties among Coalition MPs, many of whom strongly opposed attempts to overhaul negative gearing.
A Guardian analysis also shows about 15% of the 151 lower house MPs have financial interests in the mining, energy and resources sector.
Twenty-four MPs declared interests involving resources companies, either via shareholdings, gifts or spousal interests.
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