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One of the Laureates of the 2008 Rolex Awards, which rewards pioneering and enterprising individuals, is Elsa Zaldivar from Paraguay, a poor, landlocked country in the heart of South America, who has found a new use for an old vegetable.
Elsa has been a long-time advocate and helper to the poor whilst being environmentally conscious. She has uncovered a method to mix loofah – a cucumber-like vegetable that is dried to yield a scratchy sponge frequently used as an abrasive skin scrubber – with other vegetable matter such as husks from corn and Caranday palm trees. Mixing them with recycled plastic, strong, lightweight panels can be created. These panels can then be used to create furniture and construct houses, insulating them from temperature and noise.
As the design of the panels has been refined, improvements have meant lowering costs. The panels initially cost about US$6 per square metre to produce, however, the cost has already dropped to less than half that figure, making it competitive with existing construction materials, such as wood.
About 300,000 Paraguayan families do not have adequate housing.
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Three stunning homes, three vacant blocks of land, and a water front parcel of land have just been listed by Marquette Turner Luxury Homes on Hope Island at Queensland’s Sanctuary Cove.
Sanctuary Cove is Australia’s leading lifestyle community offering wonderful facilities and 24 hour active land and water security. Sanctuary Cove has Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval for all foreign investors. It is set over 474 hectares and offers fantastic lifestyle options that are complimented by two championship golf courses, four harbours, 15 restaurants, harbor-side cafes and fashion boutiques. Sanctuary Cove also features an extensive recreational club, a Country Club and the five-star Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove Hotel.
HOUSES:
3008 Hillside Walk – 711sq m – $1.125 million AUD
3009 Hillside Walk – 711sq m – $1.175 million AUD
3010 Hillside Walk – 711 sq m – $1.125 million AUD
VACANT LAND:
8081 Riverside Drive – 994 sq m – $1.125 million AUD
3012 Hillside Walk ; 3011 Hillside Walk; & 3006 Hillside Walk; – All 711 sq m – All $465,000 AUD
To view more information and see more images of each property, simply click on any of the images above. Alternatively, select this HOPE ISLAND link to go straight to all the properties and blocks of land available.
CONTACT: Michael Marquette on +61 433 170 170 or via email michael@marquetteturner.com.au OR Christine Watson on +61 414 352 680 or via email christine@marquetteturner.com.au
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Experts suggest that the price of parking your car is, in general, inversely proportionate to the amount of office space available.* Therefore, due to a relative glut in commercial office space in Australian cities, we have some of the highest parking rates in the world!
Monthly Parking Rates (all in US Dollars)
- London City, UK $1,167
- London West End, UK $1,136
- Sydney, Australia $775
- Hong Kong, China $742
- Perth, Australia $610
- Brisbane, Australia $592
- New York, Midtown, USA $585
- Tokyo, Japan $552
- Stockholm, Sweden $509
- Dublin, Ireland $508
Therefore, particularly to all you Aussies, there’s never been a better time to look for a more economical and sustainable method for your work travel arrangements.
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*the experts in this case are the Commercial Research team from Colliers International
Iceland is in serious financial trouble. In fact the country is close to bankruptcy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that Britain is commencing legal action against Iceland to recover deposit monies for over 300,000 Britons.
As Australians it is hard to understand how bank deposits are not secure. How can you lose your money when depositing into a bank? A bank is not a credit union or building society so surely your money is guaranteed. Well this is not the case in many countries outside of Australia – in fact most countries throughout the world have not guaranteed bank deposits until now.
Iceland is a very small country of just 320,000 people. It’s six major banks have embarked on major expansions into mainland Europe and in doing so have taken deposits from foreigners and these deposits are not secured. Iceland has frozen bank accounts thus blocking people from withdrawing their money and the government has guaranteed deposits in full for citizens of Iceland but not those from abroad.
As a result of the global credit crunch and the implosion of the European financial sector, Great Britain has commenced legal action to recover money on behalf of its citizens and other European nations are set to follow. Iceland is in rapid meltdown – more than global warming experts could ever have predicted.
Michael Marquette
When Marquette Turner Luxury Homes began, we were determined that we would regularly donate and lend a significant amount of our revenue to organizations and individuals worldwide.
As a company with a substantial focus in real estate, we deal with transactions involving people’s homes. In the simplest manner, our philanthropic efforts are subsequently focused in assisting and encouraging people in developing nations to nurture their “home“.
Loans That Change Lives
We whole heartedly endorse the work of the organization Kiva, which allows loans to be made to microfinance institutions who help build sustainable businesses that provide income to feed, clothe, house and educate someone in the developing world who needs a loan for their business – like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks.
Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent – and you get updates letting you know how the entrepreneur is going.
This month we have made loans to the following entrepreneurs: Sok Sareth in Cambodia, Pham Thi Chu in Vietnam, Zulhiya Sadieva in Tajikistan, Sevinj Alekberova in Azerbaijan, Wendy Yamileth Solis Lopez in Nicaragua, and Attiogbe Dokou in Togo, all of whose businesses can be read about on the Kiva website, along with many, many other worthwhile beneficiaries.
It’s finally easy to actually do something about poverty – using Kiva we have every confidence that we’re helping people build sustainable businesses long after our loans are paid back.
Our philanthropy is by no means a cynical strategy to try and earn business, hence our hesitancy in marketing our efforts. What we believe important, however, is to raise awareness of the causes that we are moved by, in the hope that the circumstances of others less fortunate is never far from people’s minds.
Please join us in changing the world – one loan at a time. Learn more about Kiva.
MORE INFORMATION:
Watch Bill Clinton’s endorsement of Kiva, as part of the efforts of the Clinton Foundation. You can also read our press release or go straight to the Kiva Organisation’s website.
As energy prices continue to climb, the idea of utilizing solar energy is common sense. The process of getting solar panels installed, however, is quite the opposite.
RoofRay, a new Californian business, aims to give home owners better information to enable them to make more informed environmental decisions for their home. Using the site’s modeling tools, consumers can estimate how much solar energy a home could capture and how that would affect their monthly bills.
The data provided is based upon historical weather conditions, current power usage charges, the gradient of the property, and the maximum amount of solar paneling the roof can hold. One tool uses Google Maps to let users calculate the size of their roof and build virtual panels. RoofRay then estimates the output potential of the solar panels as well as financial considerations like costs of installation, upkeep and return on investment.
Whilst not yet available in Australia, such a tool would be a welcome addition to our growing eco-conscience and our excessive reliance on fossil fuels. Furthermore it would be useful for would-be real estate buyers in making purchase decisions, something that the Marquette Turner team are increasingly finding is a factor in how and where buyer’s buy.
To find out the latest information available in Australia, a good start is the federal government’s portal climatechance.gov.au and Marquette Turner’s Clear the Air site
Greencore Air have developed a guilt-free, green air-conditioning method using the most available resource at the sunniest time – the sun.
Based in Rancho Cucamonga, California, Greencore Air uses solar technology to cool a room up to 600 square feet with its solar powered battery charging system. The unit also comes with the option of charging by AC power and has a heating attachment that allows the unit to function as a heater in the winter.
Marketed as the guilt-free way to use air-conditioning without contributing to climate warming or green house gas emissions, the US Navy is a keen buyer and has placed an order for the units, which makes it surely good enough for our individual homes.
Until green buildings become the universal norm, artificial cooling in the summer months seems unavoidable.
Outdoor spaces can be more than just a balcony or a city park. Architects are increasingly enabling those living in the city to also appreciate some of nature’s joys, thus enjoying the best of both worlds.
At present approximately 50% of the world’s population live in cities, and this figure is expected to rise to 75% this century alone. Thus, the more dense cities become, the more necessary quality outdoor “living and breathing space” will become.
Here, Marquette Turner look at some of the world’s most innovative designs, some on the drawing board, some under construction, and others living and breathing.
The Haven, Nasouri FIJI
Taking inspiration from the Fijian tradition of incorporating natural materials, the architects – the US firm SPF – have proposed constructing a building utilizing skins of pumice. This will enable moss and other plants to grow, whilst also enabling ventilation and the diffusion of light. By allowing the vegetation to hang from the rooftop a natural water drainage function will combine with a simple but stunning sunlight filter, great shade from the balmy tropical sun.
Newton Suites, SINGAPORE
The award winning design by WOHA merges the functional apartments with the surrounding nature reserve. WOHA created living spaces that are both inviting and visually attractive, with the sky gardens using natural foliage.
909 Walnut Street, Missouri USA
This refurbished building is now the tallest in Missouri, with it’s feature being a rooftop garden atop the new eight storey car park. Given the lack of recreational and community space available to city dwellers, the design sought to provide a quiet, serene green space with distinct areas.
Frasers Broadway, Sydney AUSTRALIA
As part of a major plan for sustainable redevelopment, scheduled to be completed in 2030, “Frasers Broadway” involves a wide array of local and international architects, including Foster + Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Jeppe Andersen, Tzannes Associates, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and Turf Design. Redeveloping the Old Kent Brewery site on Broadway is 36,000 square metres of accessible space, is aiming to be the first 6 star energy project in Australia and will feature the largest urban development in the country to utilise on-site tri-generation (commonly referred to as “green transformers”) to enable the functions of providing power, heating and cooling. The website gives a great insight into the project.
Omnilifes Lifereef, Guadalajara MEXICO
Designed by Jean-Marie Massaud the project provides a fertile, vibrant space for an all-encompassing lifestyle. It allows high rises to be a haven, rising like a tree from the ground rather than the typical enclosed, often claustrophobic apartment structures.
With global warming taking a toll on earth and non-renewable fossil fuels hastening the process, designers and engineers are finding innovative ways of conserving and developing green energy in our environment. A merchandise of their efforts is the VEIL solar shades which does more than just transforming sunlight into energy.
Created by Australian design firm Buro North in partnership with the Victorian Eco-Invention Lab, it flaunts a super cool design, unlike the old school drab solar panels. With it’s organic, natural sloping structure, the pattern across the top looks like the veins of a leaf waiting to collect solar energy for photosynthesis.
The VEILs are designed for schoolyards where they have a practical benefit of shading tykes from the hot sun and are partially funded by the Australian government.
The base of the leaf shows which positions are most suitable for maximum energy consumptions at different times of the day and underneath the canopy, the LED feedback system shows whether the shades are getting enough sunlight. It blinks in green when the VEILS are happy eating enough sunlight, and blink Red when they need to be re-positioned. Moreover, they are lightweight so kids can relocate the VEILs.
Mukesh Ambani, head of India-based petrochemical giant Reliance Industries, and the fifth richest man in the world, is having a 27 floor skyscraper home built in Mumbai for approximately $2 billion.
Forbes estimated Ambani’s net worth at $43 billion in March. Reliance Industries was founded by Mukesh’s father, Dhirubhai Ambani, in 1966, and is India’s most valuable firm by market capitalization. Mr Ambani and his wife, who have three children, currently live in a 22-story Mumbai tower that the family has spent years remodeling to meet its needs.
Like many families with the means to do so, the Ambanis wanted to build a custom home. They consulted with architecture firms Perkins + Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates, the designers behind the Mandarin Oriental, based in Dallas and Los Angeles, respectively. Plans were then drawn up for what will be the world’s largest and most expensive home.
The architects and designers are creating as they go, altering floor plans, design elements and concepts as the building is constructed.
Lobby
Nine elevators dot the lobby floor: Two are designated for parking areas, three for guest quarters, two for the Ambani family residences and two for service. The lobby opens to numerous lounges, reception areas and powder rooms. Dual stairways lead from the lobby floor down to the ballroom, which is designed in an open layout with a two-story roof.
Ballroom
The most striking features of the Antilla ballroom are the crystal chandeliers that will take up approximately 80% of the ceiling. The silver stairways lead to a central landing, behind which two retractable doors can open to display works of art. There is also a stage for entertainment or speeches, with a projection screen behind it. A kitchen, about the same size as the ballroom itself, can service hundreds of guests.
Traditional Lounge
Ambani’s home features countless lounges, offering Reliance Industries guests a quiet escape. Chandeliers and mirrors are a common feature of these rooms, as are finely woven Indian area rugs.
Modern Lounge
Each space and floor uses materials not seen anywhere else. The idea is that spaces will blend into one another, giving the impression of consistency and flow, while at the same time displaying different influences and traditions. This furniture, floors, lines and dark woods of this lounge have a more minimalistic approach than the home’s other lounges.
Health Level
The indoor/outdoor health level features a lap pool and Jacuzzi that take in views of the city skyline, as well as lounge chairs shaded by trees. Yoga and dance studios, changing rooms for men and women, gyms and a solarium with a juice bar fill out the interior space. There are plans to include an ice room in the center space, where the Ambanis could sit on a hot Mumbai day to cool off in a man-made snow flurry.
Entertainment Level
It’s very common in large homes to have a theater or screening room, but usually they’re just large projection screens with a few nice seats. The Ambani’s theater is more like those seen in George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch or Frank Pritt’s Portabello Estate–a full-fledged theater, indistinguishable from a cinema. A wine room, snack bar and entertaining space, including couches and tables, fill out the room.
Bathroom
One of Antilla’s key design themes is the mix of lavish features seen in worldwide homes and elements that are distinctly Indian. The Gingko-leaf sink designs are a good example. Native to India, the leaves in the sinks are shaped in such a way that their stems guide water into the bowl created by the basket of the leaf.
Garage
The first six floors of the residence will be dedicated to parking for the Ambani family, guests and employees. Hanging vertical gardens dot the exterior. While they make for good decoration, their key function has to do with energy efficiency: The hydroponic plants, grown in liquid nutrient solutions instead of soil, lower the energy footprint of the home by absorbing heat and sunlight and providing shade that helps keep it cool.
Roof
The top floor features a covered, outdoor entertaining space with panoramic views of the Mumbai skyline as well as the Arabian Sea. On those days when it’s too hot, or cold, an interior space with floor-to-ceiling windows provides the same luxury.
Botany Bay and Rockdale have been identified as areas considered most vulnerable to climate change in the Sydney region.
A new study by the CSIRO, the University of the Sunshine Coast, and WWF Australia, looked at the effect of rising sea levels, extreme rainfall, and storm surges across 15 areas either on the ocean front or on major estuaries
The Sydney Coastal Councils Group will use the information to improve their planning and development on low-lying level areas and adapt to a changing landscape.
They hope to try and set up better management practices to avoid the risk of long-term damage.
CSIRO scientist Dr Ben Preston says Sydney’s low lying areas will have an increased risk of inundation and erosion.
“Those areas along the Tasman Sea are some of the hotspots, such as Narrabeen Beach for example, are certainly at risk,” he said.
“That’s not particularly a surprise. What we also noticed was the north end of Botany Bay tends to be a flat, low-lying area which might also have to face additional problems from things like sea level rise or extreme rainfall or urban flooding.”
Dr Preston says the sea level rise will change the coastline.
“Looking at a place like Sydney, you are going to see a lot of variability even in a smaller geographic area depending on the type of impact,” he said.
“It could vary from one property to another.”
The study identified problem areas based on how much the area would be impacted by bushfire, heat-related health effects, sea level rises and the vulnerability of its natural ecosystems. ABC
This innovative eco friendly home in the Cotswold nature reserve, UK has just sold for approx $14.5million
The ‘thoroughly modern manor house’, named Orchid House and modelled on a bee orchid found on the reserve, was sold offthe plan recently to an anonymous buyer who is believed to be in the entertainment industry. They will get a lakeside home complete with a glass-sided badger set in the garden.
It is said that Brad Pitt has looked at the plans for Orchid House, while Kylie Minogue had stayed at the estate.
The house will be one of those that will produce more energy than it uses with an underground pump and geothermal heating. The house is designed by Sarah Featherstone, whose practice in East London is designing part of the London 2012 Olympic athletes’ village. It is said the house will take three years to be built as the structure is complicated.
Simon Turner
Coffin Couches are definitely something to die for.
They would surely give you a feel of scariness in the house, perfect ambience to watch a horror movie. CoffinCouches.com state that it is a health and safety law that funeral homes cannot resell used coffins to the general public. Thus, they approached funeral directors with the attitude of recycling and thus circumventing the rule.
These coffins are not used for burial due to minor cosmetic inconsistencies. They are reconstructed and modified resulting in a finished product – a unique one a kind coffin couch.
This uber cool “Pod” lounge chair gives you the secluded feeling of being included in a protective circular shell.
It is made up of lightweight, structural foam with a marine grade vinyl exterior from WeatherTex. It is both durable and seemingly luxurious. You can clean with a hose and doesn’t need a delicate touch for cleaning. It is constructed of 100% virgin materials and is 95% recyclable by volume.
Whereas many mattresses today include polyurethane, formaldehyde and other materials with questionable effects on the environment and human health, Keetsa is an eco-bedding company that takes a thoroughly green approach to mattresses and other sleep products.
Keetsa mattresses are built with sustainable components including recycled steel, scrap memory foam bits, bamboo fabrics and unbleached natural cotton, while odour control and anti-bacterial properties are delivered using EPA-approved technologies based on silver and green tea. Since different Keetsa mattress styles use varying degrees of such sustainable components, the company uses a composite score called the Keetsa Quotient to summarize the overall greenness of each one. So far, so good, but maybe not entirely unique (other companies, like Greek Coco-Mat, also tout the benefits of sleep on natural materials.)
Keetsa have also developed a way to compress their large mattresses so they fit into convenient wheeled boxes (made from recycled cardboard, of course). Not only does that make them maneuverable by one person, but it also reduces transportation expenses and the products’ resulting carbon footprint, and gives consumers savings of between 50 and 75 percent, Keetsa says. Which makes for a very integrated eco-approach. Once the customer unpacks the mattress at home, it will resume its full, normal shape within one to three days.
Website: www.keetsa.com
Carbon Neutral 101 from the Green Building Council (GBCA) has recently received numerous queries on the topics of ‘carbon neutral’ and ‘zero net operating emissions’. We expect that we will continue to hear about projects wishing to pursue these goals.Buildings need to have zero emissions in their construction, operation and embodied energy to be truly carbon neutral.
The challenge has now been set for the property industry to take a closer look at how the buildings can be carbon neutral, including embodied energy by 2020.
Although it is possible to achieve zero net operational carbon emissions from buildings by 2020, truly carbon neutral buildings, including embodied energy are a significant challenge, unless carbon offsetting is used.
How Buildings Achieve Zero Net Operating Emissions
It is possible now for buildings now to achieve zero net operating emissions. There are already a number of projects worldwide that achieve zero net operating emissions.
New and existing buildings are already taking steps towards becoming carbon neutral now by including a range of initiatives and technologies:
- passive design – by using heavy façade, openable windows for ventilation, and thermal mass insulation it can reduce the heating and cooling load;
- on-site generation of energy from renewable sources – solar heating, photo-voltaics, wind and geothermal;
- change to efficient appliances and light fittings, turning off computers, purchasing green power and improving other behaviours; and
- introducing alternative ways to learn, work and play – hot-desks, working from home, taking lessons outside.
- In terms of existing buildings, project teams optimise, upgrade or remove HVAC systems, cooling towers, and lifts to reduce energy use.
How Buildings Can Go Carbon Neutral, Including Emodied Energy
Embodied energy includes all the energy it takes to produce a building. This can include energy required for producing and transporting building materials, on-site processes for constructing the building, as well as demolition of the building when time comes.
However, there are some things that can be done now.
- re-use and reduce materials;
- re-use and refurbish existing buildings as opposed to constructing new buildings;
- consider the mode, distance and fuel type when transporting materials; and
- begin measuring the embodied energy.
What About Green Star?
Green Star – Office Design and Office As Built v3 awards maximum points within the energy category to projects that achieve zero net operating emissions.
Currently in Green Star – Office Design and Office As Built v3 zero net operating emissions include the operation of HVAC systems, lights, hot water, lifts and other base building energy allowances.
Carbon Neutral is currently not specifically awarded in Green Star.
Next Step
Moving from neutral impact to positive impacts…
The environmental impacts beyond energy must be considered. Environmental impacts from buildings must be negated, buildings should be restorative to our environment.
Green Building Council Australia
Save the planet and energy costs with these fantastic new outdoor must-have.
The Firewinder, also known as the Original Windlight, is a decorative and completely wind-powered outdoor light from the UK-based Firewinder Company that transforms the ebb and flow of the wind into an upwardly spiralling glowing light.
Wind from any direction spins a small turbine on the helix-shaped device, thereby lighting up LEDs along its outer edge. With light winds of at least 3 mph, the Firewinder emits a dim glow, but as winds increase, so too does the brilliance of its light. In variable winds, the result is a pulsing, twisting glow that appears to float in mid-air.
The Firewinder can be hung or mounted to a post or wall, and it’s made of recyclable materials; no batteries or wires are required. As the greening of the consumer world continues apace, the market for ecologically sustainable goods will only increase. There’s no end in sight to the benefits of thinking green!
Website: www.firewinder.com
Simon Turner
A light-hearted joke that will bring a smile to the face of even the most synical of property developers.
In the year 2008 the Lord came unto Noah and said:
‘Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans.’
He gave Noah the CAD drawings, saying: ‘You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights.’
Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard, but no Ark.
‘Noah!’ He roared, ‘I’m about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?’
‘Forgive me, Lord,’ begged Noah, ‘but things have changed. I needed Building Regulations Approval and I’ve been arguing with the Fire Brigade about the need for a sprinkler system.
My neighbours claim that I should have obtained planning permission for building the Ark in my garden because it is development of the site, even though in my view it is a temporary structure.
Then the Transport Authorities demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions to clear the passage for the Ark’s move to the sea. I told them that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.
Getting the wood was another problem. All the decent trees have Tree Preservation Orders on them and we live in a Site of Special Scientific Interest set up in order to protect the spotted owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls – but no go!
When I started gathering the animals, the RSPCA sued me. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. They argued the accommodation was too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space.
Then the Council, the Environment Agency and the Rivers Authority ruled that I couldn’t build the Ark until they’d conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood.
I’m still trying to resolve a complaint with the Equal Opportunities Commission on how many disabled carpenters I’m supposed to hire for my building team. The trades unions say I can’t use my sons. They insist I have to hire only accredited workers with Ark-building experience.
To make matters worse, Customs seized all my assets, claiming I’m trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species.
So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this Ark.’
Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky.
Noah looked up in wonder and asked, ‘You mean you’re not going to destroy the world?’
‘No,’ said the Lord. ‘The government beat me to it.’
So – for those of you in despair, don’t give up and best of luck! And keep smiling 
Simon
The upcoming Federal election is causing some vendor jitters in deciding when to sell. Vendors are troubled by the election date of November 24, which is a Saturday and real estate agents are doing all they can to avoid auctioning homes on that weekend. At Marquette Turner Estate Agents we have decided to delay all auctions to avoid the election weekend and we are running new sales campaigns well into December which is extremely rare. The election has resulted in a late “real estate Spring” with the usual Spring influx of new property being delayed until December or the new year.
The election wait has also allowed for me to personally consider what I might do on election day. With our Sydney Headquarters being in Crown Street, East Sydney we are positioned in the Federal seat of Wentworth which is currently held by Malcolm Turnbull for the Liberal Party. It just happens that Mr Turnbull is also the Federal Minister for the Environment so I would expect that he would be extremely active in ensuring that the environment is top priority in his electorate. We have nightly rubbish collections during the week and yet we don’t have any recycling facilities for at the Marquette Turner Office. In fact all of our rubbish is collected, unsorted and taken away as if the environment was the last thing on Mr Turnbull’s mind.
It is difficult to get political in any situation as both parties have positives and negatives however when such simple things are ignored by the Federal Minister for the Environment I cannot help but wonder what the best thing to do on election day will be? As a real estate agent and a Director of Marquette Turner Estate Agents I have always seen it as my responsibility to act in the best interests of the properties and clients I represent as well as the company I represent. It is of great concern that our Federal Minister for the Environment could miss something so simple which is only a couple of hundred metres from his office. If Wentworth falls to Labor then Mr Turnbull has only himself to blame – Marquette Turner is committed to a greener world and it is under our own initiative that we promote environmentally friendly ways to market, recycle and run our business.
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