HOW A BOOT FULL OF LOO ROLLS HELPS AIRBNB GO ROUND
Last Sunday, ABC TV News: The rural town of Dalgety was featured – in written print also. A 20-minute drive from Jindabyne, Dalgety is losing essential services. The local public school, post office and its only café “all closed this year”. And Dr Hamish Steiner says Bombala’s only GP clinic may be forced to close this year. The ABC’s Kira Proust went on to add that many rural towns across Australia are dealing with similar challenges, but it appears the sense of communi
AS THE NUMBER OF IDLE PROPERTIES IN AUSTRALIA TICKS PAST A MILLION…EXACTLY WHAT ARE OUR COUNCILLORS
A National Homelessness Conference was held in Canberra this week. Conference organiser, AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute), wrote that it was an “opportunity to engage directly with the nation’s political leaders, as well as each other on this important topic”. In an interview on ABC Radio National yesterday, AHURI’s Managing Director Dr Michael Fotheringham was joined by Eurobodalla Mayor Mathew Hatcher. Hatcher described the housing “crisis” in his a
ACCORDING TO ASTRA, HOLIDAY RENTAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY NSW FAIR TRADING “MOSTLY NOT SIGNIFICANT”
According to an email distributed by Zsuzsanna Handelsmann, ASTRA (Australian Short Term Rental Association) recently received correspondence from the NSW Department of Customer Service (DCS) in relation to the implementation of a so-called ‘Code of Conduct’ for Airbnb/Stayz-type rentals. Handelsmann writes: “…the DCS is where the NSW Fair Trading (FT) resides. The Code came into effect on 18 December 2020, roughly 18 months ago. The DCS has taken this long to complete the
