2019-02-12 Attachment 1 to Item 7 - Short Term Accom Online Platform Issues Paper

Table 8. LGAQ Policy Statement – New Clause – Short Term Letting of Residential Properties

    6.1.5                  Short - term letting of residential properties
                           Local government should continue to establish and enforce appropriate planning,
    6.1.5.1                local law and rating responses for residential properties used for short - term
                           letting, within their local government area.
                           Local government is committed to working in partnership with the State
    6.1.5.2                Government and industry to effectively manage the growth of emerging short-term
                           accommodation styles and the impact of this on local communities.
                           Local government supports the state government in developing a Code of
                           Conduct, including:
                            - information regarding fire safety standards, for hosts and guests of residential
                              properties that are advertised for short- term letting,
    6.1.5.3                 - obtaining the agreement of online accommodation booking agencies to provide
                            - details regarding the location of residential properties that are advertised for
                              short -term letting, to regulatory authorities, and
                            - establishing a state wide data sharing system across the short term
                              accommodation sector, that is accessible by local government.


6.2           Western Australian Government
On 1 November 2018 a parliamentary inquiry into the regulation of short stay accommodation
commenced in Western Australia, after the state’s Economics and Industry Standing Committee
resolved to investigate the adequacy of current state-wide regular practices surrounding holiday
properties. The inquiry is aiming for a bipartisan plan on regulation of the industry and intends to look
at issues such as customer safety, insurance, land use planning, building standards, stay length,
neighbourhood amenity, registration, licensing and taxation. The inquiry is accepting submissions
from the public until 25 January 2019, and the Committee will report to the House by 27 June 2019.

The terms of reference of the inquiry include:
     The forms and regulatory status of short-stay accommodation providers in regional and
      metropolitan Western Australia, including existing powers available to local government
      authorities.
     The changing market and social dynamics in the short-stay accommodation sector.
     Issues in the short-stay accommodation sector, particularly associated with emerging business
      models utilising online booking platforms.
     Approaches within Australian and international jurisdictions to ensure the appropriate regulation
      of short-stay accommodation.


6.3           New South Wales Government
In 2016, the New South Wales (NSW) Government conducted a public inquiry on the Adequacy of
Regulation of Short-Term Holiday Letting in NSW. Following an Options Paper released in October
2016, the NSW Parliament subsequently passed the NSW Government’s short-term holiday letting
reforms on 14 August 2018. The new framework is expected to commence in 2019, and will introduce
state-wide planning rules and an industry-wide mandatory Code of Conduct.




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