Special Report: Perth City Council

The City of Perth might oversee the heart of corporate Western Australia, but business is under-represented on its governing council. Mark Pownall reports that many believe the State Government should recognise the unique needs of our CBD.

The bulk of Perth’s 30,000 potential business voters might be viewed as apathetic when it comes to going through the motions of getting or maintaining their place on the city’s electoral roll, but at least one major group bucks that trend.

When I first embarked on this project my expectations were totally different from what I eventually discovered.I was aware that corporate Perth was apathetic when it came to local government elections

Encouraging more occupiers and owners to vote doesn’t necessarily mean more democracy.Firstly, the potential for a business to register to vote has little to do with how much it contributes to the cit