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

7.        Current Actions                          and             Responses               –       Key
          Stakeholders
7.1       Noosa Council
7.1.1     Lobbying Efforts
There are complex regulatory, compliance, safety and legal issues surrounding the rapid rise in
short-term rentals, many of which are yet to be sufficiently addressed by state and local
governments.

Council is an active proponent in seeking appropriate responses and recourses to these issues,
focused on protecting the social capital and residential amenity of the region whilst recognising the
significant economic activity driven by the tourism industry.

In 2017, Council actively lobbied the Queensland Government to establish a taskforce to consider
the implications of short-term rental platforms. After a successful motion to the LGAQ conference in
October 2017, the Queensland Government established a Peer-to-Peer Economy and Short Term
Letting Industry Reference Group (the Industry Reference Group), with representatives from the
industry, local government, academia and accommodation sector. Noosa Council and Cairns
Regional Council are the only Local Governments represented. The Industry Reference Group has
met four times throughout 2017 and 2018, working towards the development of a clear policy for
managing short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb.

           Participants in the Peer-to-Peer Economy and Short Term Letting Reference Group
                                                                           Accommodation Association of
               Airbnb                                Stayz
                                                                                       Australia
      Tourism and Events Qld                        LGAQ                   Queensland Hotels Association
                                                                          Australian Timeshare and Holiday
      Property Council Australia            Adventure Queensland
                                                                                  Ownership Council
   Department of Innovation and
  Tourism Industry Development               Noosa Shire Council              Cairns Regional Council
  and the Commonwealth Games
                                                                                Australian Resident
      Caravanning Queensland                Adventure Queensland             Accommodation Managers
                                                                                   Association
 Exhibition and Event Association
                                               QUT Design Lab             Restaurant and Catering Australia
           of Australasia
 Australian Timeshare and Holiday     Department of Local Government,
                                                                          Tourism and Events Queensland
         Ownership Council             Racing and Multicultural Affairs
  Queensland Tourism Industry
                                             UQ Business School
              Council



In a letter dated 14 May 2018 from the Office of the Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry
Development and Minister for the Commonwealth Games to a senior associate of Leanne Bowie
Lawyers, it was stated:




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