The housing crisis is a central theme of NSW Labor’s first Budget but the specifics on how new supply will actually be delivered remain unclear and the Government’s pursuit of its so-called rental reforms are a continuation of the “data-ignorant” approach that has exacerbated the rental crisis, says the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW).

Fourteen elite auctioneers battled it out in front of the judges, the 5 finalists will battle head-to-head to see who is the ultimate Australasian Champion.

When REIA’s first conference was held one hundred years ago, the living wage for ‘female employees’ was £2, Sydney’s median weekly rents were about 12 shillings, a Paddington terrace house had just sold for £1750, and headlines raged about the ‘Acute Housing Shortage.’

Leading property auctioneers, from across Australasia, have descended on Auckland New Zealand to compete at this Trans-Tasman event to battle for the right to call themselves the ultimate Australasian Auctioneering Champion.