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Recently changed rules

• 2026-08-11 Western Australia: Four rules upgraded from low or medium confidence to confirmed, from a primary reading of the current consolidations. Code of conduct and insurance are now stated as confirmed NEGATIVES rather than unconfirmed gaps: s 49 authorises a code that has never been made, and no insurance requirement exists anywhere in the Act or Regulations. The fire safety rule previously cited a Consumer Protection page and omitted the RCD requirement entirely; it now cites the Building Regulations and Electricity Regulations directly and carries the $15,000 / $100,000 RCD penalty, which is the largest per-property exposure in the WA scheme.
• 2026-08-11 Western Australia: Corrected from a primary-source reading of the current consolidations. The 90-night window was recorded as a rolling 12 months; cl 61(10) of the deemed provisions fixes it to the 12 months from the registration date and each anniversary after it. The scope note treated the 30-council list as the test; the test is the metropolitan region boundary in Planning and Development Act Schedule 3, and the exemption has four cumulative conditions rather than one. Added the two largest penalties in the regime, both previously absent: development approval breach at $200,000 plus $25,000 per day, and the RCD requirement at $15,000 individual / $100,000 body corporate. Added the Sentencing Act s.40(5) five-times multiplier for companies.
• 2026-07-28 Queensland: Re-cited the strata by-law rule from a law firm's blog to primary sources: s 180(3) BCCM Act on legislation.qld.gov.au, the Queensland Government's own by-laws page, and both judgments on Queensland Judgments. Three overstatements removed in the process, including the claim that a 'weight of QCAT appeal authority' supports it when there is one 2018 appeal decision.
• 2026-07-16 City of Hobart: Public exhibition of draft amendment PSA-25-3 closed. The 28-day exhibition ran from 19 June 2026 to 16 July 2026 inclusive. Representations now go to the Tasmanian Planning Commission for assessment. The amendment is not in force and does not affect existing permits or current applications.
• 2026-07-01 Shire of Augusta-Margaret River: CORRECTED DATE (was 2026-01-01): proposal under discussion, to potentially take effect from the start of the 2026-27 rating year (1 July 2026), to expand the Commercial, Industrial and Tourism differential rate category to include hosted STRA properties (currently rated Residential since the 2024 reforms), using the state STRA Register to identify them. Confirmed via direct fetch of the Shire's rates FAQ page that this is described as a proposal under consideration, not confirmed as adopted at time of writing.
• 2026-07-01 Noosa Shire Council: Council's 2026/27 fees and charges took effect, setting the current Local Law application and annual renewal fee schedule for short stay letting and home hosted accommodation (e.g. house application $1,748 standard / $329 principal residence; house renewal $800 / $200).
• 2026-06-10 City of Hobart: City of Hobart, acting as the Planning Authority Committee, unanimously resolved that draft amendment PSA-25-3, to insert HOB-S11.0 Hobart Visitor Accommodation Specific Area Plan into the Hobart Local Provisions Schedule, be certified and exhibited under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993. CONFIRMED directly on the council's Current Planning Scheme amendments page on 25 July 2026. The plan would allow visitor accommodation in the General Residential, Inner Residential and Low Density Residential zones only where the operator lives on site, with no performance criteria and therefore no discretionary fallback.
• 2026-05-15 Tasmania: Short Stay Levy Bill 2026 received its first reading in the Legislative Council. RECONFIRMED 24/07/2026 by directly opening the parliament.tas.gov.au bill-status page in a browser: this remains the last recorded stage, with all subsequent Legislative Council stages and Royal Assent still blank, meaning the Bill has not yet passed into law.

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