Property-based voting rights stem from the roots of local government, Mr Avent said.
It is a democratic model that still has currency, according to Property Council of WA executive director Sandra Brewer."If you think about the CBD, which is largely shopping centres and commercial buildings, or perhaps industrial areas where there is a lot of factories and warehouses, the majority of rates collected by those local councils are from the commercial operations or the industrial centres.
She said a similar argument could be made for people and businesses that owned property in regional areas.
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