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A good thought – and at least the minister in charge of Services, Victor Dominello, understands strata.
But I can hear the holiday letting industry (for that’s what it is) screaming “red tape … red tape!!!”
It amazes me that we had planning laws that had evolved over decades to protect residents of all kinds from rampant commercialism and crazy, selfish neighbours … and then along comes an American company that pays minimal tax in this country and they are allowed to tip everything on its head to benefit a few people (while consistently misrepresenting their corporate pillaging as a social service.
Meanwhile our politicians refuse to even look overseas (unless they are being offered a free trip to see the banks of computers in said company’s HQ) to witness the social damage that has been wrought in so many cities.
Hey, MPs, if you like looking at computer screens, JB Hi-Fi has heaps. Tourism is great for the economy, stable affordable housing is great for society. Your job is to get the balance right and as of now, you’re not even close.