Voting is also discouraged, although church leaders are well-connected politically and have a history of donating to the Liberal Party.
The Hales family’s penchant for high-end real estate is well documented. Gareth Hales owns a mansion in Eastwood adjacent to the home of family patriarch Hales senior, built in 2009 and 2010 for more than $3 million The price is purchased in two parts on a double-decker block.
Gareth Hales’ new weekend home has a full bar in the pool room.Credit:field
In July, Brother Dean Hales bought a 1980s mansion in Epping, breaking house price records $7.5 millionalso without collateral.
Epping hit an all-time high of $4 million in 2016 when Hales Sr.’s brother, Stephen Hales, bought the traditional mansion Blairgowrie, and in 2019, Came Cameron Hales bought the mansion for $5.75 million.
Filmmaker lists ’empty nests’
Filmmaker Martin Brown is hoping for success on the final auction day of the year on December 17, when his Forest Cottage home of 30 years goes under the hammer.
Martin Brown has owned the Foss Street house in Forest Lodge since 1990.
Brown, who bought the Forth Street home for $100,000 in 1990, rose to fame a few years later in a string of hit Baz Luhrmann films, initially as art director strict banquet halland later as co-producer Romeo + Juliet and producer Moulin Rouge.
Martin Brown was nominated for an Academy Award for producing the 2001 hit Moulin Rouge.Credit:rick stevens
Records show that the original weatherboard cottage was owned by actor Agnes Keogh in the 1940s, and shortly after Brown purchased it, it was renovated and extended by Brown’s master builder father.
With plans to move to Randwick in mind, Martin listed the three-bedroom “empty nest” for $1.6 million through BresicWhitney’s Chris Nunn, who also sold author Anna Funder and The terrace across the road from her architect husband, Craig Allchin, is $4.45 million.
In recent years, Brown’s filmmaking career has evolved into an academic field.
He is now more regularly present at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney, teaching storytelling and communication skills to medical professionals.
Elizabeth Bay’s Designer Outlook
Condo sales at Elizabeth Bay’s Billyard Ave, a luxury boutique development co-developed by P-3 Living’s Philippe Remond and North East Corp’s Peter Walsh, started running this week — with debut sales topping $20 million.
An artist’s impression of the Billyard Ave development in Elizabeth Bay, where the first of nine apartments sold this week for more than $20 million.Credit:
The SJB-designed sub-penthouse was sold to a local couple represented by rugby league player-turned-buyer’s agent Craig Wing, although Richardson & Wrench’s Jason Boon and 1st City’s Brad Caldwell-Eyles did not disclose the outcome.
It would have set a new suburb high if it weren’t for the recent $22.5 million sale of the late Kerry Packer’s one-off holiday home atop Toft Monks to Bob and Margaret Rose. Considering its $32.5 million asking price, the Billyard Ave penthouse will be the suburb’s highest-priced apartment when it sells.
Playwright’s latest showcase
Acclaimed playwright David Williamson and his wife Kristin have sold their Sunshine Beach Queensland home for $15 million to $16.5 million, giving them the property son of actor-turned-sales agent Rory Williamson.
David Williamson’s beachfront home is located on Sunshine Beach, Queensland.Credit:field
The Williamsons have plans to downsize, with records showing they bought back a duplex from the beach last year for $1.06 million and a house in Tewantin, near Noosa, for $932,000.
The Williamsons’ beach house adjoins the Beach House, which Gina Rinehart bought in March for $9.75 million from Therese Rein, a recruiting entrepreneur who is married to Kevin Rudd.
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The Williamsons, who have owned their sunny beach house, Aeolus, since 1998, paid $1.9 million for the John Mainwaring-designed residence with a pool in the luxury complex known as Beach House Estates One of 10 houses.
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