The Creighton Report

Wagga Wagga Report
Michael Joseph Bodel
Michael Bodel is a licensed plumber, builder, drainer and gasfitter. 110 He is also a director
and beneficial holder of Bodel Investments Pty Ltd, 111 which holds a 37.5% interest in
Boorooma Estate Pty Ltd.
Mr Bodel through his corporate vehicles has a history of property development. In 2007
Bodel Investments Pty Ltd purchased land at 3 Bogong Place, Tatton from the Trustees of
the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wagga Wagga for $500,000 (with Paul
Bourne Investments Pty Ltd), 112 and then developed 10 townhouses on the land
(DA05/0732).
He is also a director and shareholder of Kullaroo Holdings Pty Ltd, 113 a company which
owned land in Barton Avenue, Lloyd. In 2018 the company received Council approval for a
10-lot residential subdivision which is known as the Lloyd Stage 3B development
(DA17/0562). 114
Garry Wayne Cox
Garry Cox is a licensed builder (since 1985), 115 and is the holder of a number of companies
and business names which operate in building, construction and development. This includes
Debgar Holdings Pty Ltd, which holds a 37.5% share of Boorooma Estate Pty Ltd.
Debgar Holdings Pty Ltd currently holds 19 lots of land in the Lloyds Estate development
within the Lloyd Urban Release Area. 116 The company also holds a 25% share of the Lloyd
Stage 3B development (with Bodel Investments Pty Ltd, above).
Mr Cox is also a director and shareholder of Shbran Pty Ltd, 117 another property
development company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Debgar Pty Ltd. Shbran Pty
Ltd is the holder of the Garry Cox Homes business name
(<http://garrycoxhomes.com.au>), 118 and the Estella Heights business name. 119 Estella
Heights was registered in 2015 and is the developer of a 178 lot residential subdivision at
177 Pine Gully Road, Gobbagombalin (DA15/0332.03). 120 A point of note is that the
applicant of this amendment to an earlier development application, Estella Heights Pty Ltd,
does not exist as a registered company on the ASIC register of companies.
110
Service NSW, Builder or Tradesperson Licence Check, Michael Joseph Bodel (online, viewed 9 April
2020)(Attachment 86).
111
Michael Bodel ASIC Name Extract (Attachment 87).
112
See Bodel Investments Pty Ltd ‘NSW Land Register Index’ (Attachment 88); 3 Bogong Place Tatton,
Transfer (7 May 2007)(Attachment 89).
113
Kullaroo Holdings Pty Ltd ASIC Extract (Attachment 90).
114
WWCC, ‘Section 79 Report for Development Application DA17/0562’ (14 February 2018) pp 1–2
(Attachment 91)
115
Service NSW, 'Builders Licence Check' Garry Wayne Cox (viewed 20 May 2020)(Attachment 92).
116
Debgar Holdings Pty Ltd NSW Lands Index (Attachment 93).
117
Shbran Pty Ltd ASIC Extract (Attachment 94)
118
Garry Cox Homes ASIC Business Name Extract (Attachment 95).
119
Estella Heights ASIC Business Name Extract (Attachment 96).
120
WWCC, ‘Report of Development Application DA15/0332.03’ (17 September 2019) pp 1–2 (Attachment
97).
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