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Gold Coast high-rise apartment owners hit with 'view tax' as council raises rates

www.abc.net.au High-rise apartment owners hit with 'view tax' as council hikes rates by up to 50 per cent

The Gold Coast council is under fire for slugging unit owners living on higher floors of apartment buildings with massive rate rises.

High-rise apartment owners hit with 'view tax' as council hikes rates by up to 50 per cent

"I appreciate there is definitely going to be property owners in high-rises that will be frustrated ... but the premise that a person living in a $2 million, $3 million, $5 million penthouse should pay exactly the same rates on the ground floor unit isn't a fair model," he said.

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