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Recently changed rules

• 2026-09-10 Western Australia: Source links only; no rule changed. legislation.wa.gov.au renumbered its pages and the three cited (Building Regulations 2012, Electricity Regulations 1947, and the Local Planning Schemes Regulations 2015 consolidation) were dead. Re-pointed at the instruments' home pages on the new site, and the STRA provisions re-read in the current consolidations: Building Regulations reg 58(1)(b), 60(1)(ba) and 62(1)(b) (consolidation of 23 Jul 2026) and Electricity Regulations rr 13(ba) and 14(ba) with the $15,000 / $100,000 penalty (consolidation of 14 May 2026) read exactly as recorded on 11/08/2026. The Local Planning Schemes Regulations are still at consolidation 00-s0-00 of 3 Nov 2024, the version the 90-night rule was read from.
• 2026-09-09 City of Busselton: City reissued its Unhosted STRA FAQ as version 5 and rewrote the unhosted-STRA business page: 'non-preferred areas' replaced by a published map of where Additional Use A87 does not apply (unhosted STRA prohibited there); an Unhosted STRA differential rating category applies from the financial year after approval; renewal applications must be lodged at least 90 days before expiry; fee figures moved to the Planning Fees page (unchanged at $295 plus $142.80).
• 2026-09-09 City of Hobart: Short Stay Levy Bill 2026 defeated in the Legislative Council: third reading negatived on 9 September 2026 after a 6-6 vote decided by the President's casting vote. The proposed 5% levy on platform bookings under 28 nights will not commence. Confirmed on the parliament's bill-status table (last updated 09 Sep 2026) and ABC News, both read 10/09/2026.
• 2026-09-09 Tasmania: Short Stay Levy Bill 2026 defeated in the Legislative Council: third reading negatived on 9 September 2026 after a 6-6 vote decided by the President's casting vote. The proposed 5% levy on platform bookings under 28 nights will not commence. Confirmed on the parliament's bill-status table (last updated 09 Sep 2026) and ABC News, both read 10/09/2026.
• 2026-08-26 City of Hobart: Next procedural step for draft amendment PSA-25-3 (Hobart Visitor Accommodation Specific Area Plan): the council's Current Planning Scheme amendments page, read 10/09/2026, says the Planning Authority Committee was to consider a report on the representations under section 40K of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 at its meeting of 26 August 2026. The page still lists the amendment under 'Draft amendments under assessment' and does not record the outcome. Nothing is in force; existing permits and current applications are unaffected.
• 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.

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