Last Monday (21MAY18), Airbnb ‘letting manager’ MadeComfy raised $6m from South African wealth group Investec. Investec’s ‘head of emerging companies’ said it was the second time his company had invested in what he called a “derivative” of one of the big players in the gig economy. This funding ‘would allow MadeComfy to expand across cities, regional areas and eventually overseas’. Balmain-based MadeComfy reportedly has on its books 500 Airbnb properties in Sydney and clos

Along with the ABC, The Australian, and the Financial Review, yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald reports that NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was forced to delay long-awaited ‘reforms’ to Airbnb after nervous backbenchers refused to back laws capping the number of days homes could be rented. “In an embarrassing development, the government had to cancel its planned announcement on Tuesday after a joint Coalition party room meeting could not agree on the proposed changes, which h