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AirBNB Short term accommodation Noosa is destroying our community.
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A Quiet Christmas at Home in Noosa. And then...
By a Noosa Heads resident We had a quiet Christmas. A five day cancellation in the STA next door meant a blessed peace crept over the...
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Escanaba v Noosa Council and the 2006 Noosa Plan
What does this judgement tells us about Existing Rights and Superseded Planning Scheme Approvals derived from the 2006 Noosa Plan? By...
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Unapproved short-term rent numbers rise; SSL approvals questioned.
By Rowland Hill, Noosa resident About 1500 dwellings continue to be offered for short term rent in Noosa without approval – 200 more than...
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Noosa: Granny flat SSL loophole mocks no new approvals commitment
by Rowland Hill, Noosa resident Stephen Miles’s decision to encourage granny flat development to ease rental pressures has opened a...
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Noosa: Noosa Short Term Rental Approvals Under The Microscope Following Court Ruling
By Rowland Hill, Noosa resident About 1500 dwellings continue to be offered for short term rent in Noosa without approval – 200 more...
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Notes on Noosa STA Stats From Meeting with Noosa Council Staff
By Noosa resident Q: How many properties are now registered in Noosa? – A: 2554 Properties approved and are still operating. (Author's...
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Noosa STA Situation... Loophole 2: The granny flat (conversion) loophole
By Rowland Hill, Noosa Resident To address the housing shortage, the State Government has enabled secondary dwellings (eg granny flats)...
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Noosa STA Situation... Loophole number 1: Is the 60-day rule a loophole for absentee investors?
By Rowland Hill, Noosa Resident Noosa council said its objective for the Short Stay Letting Local Law was to halt the growth of...
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Enemies of the state: Noosa, Redland councils warn of planning scheme 'takeovers'
Originally published at https://inqld.com.au/news/2023/10/03/enemies-of-the-state-noosa-redland-councils-warn-of-planning-scheme-takeover...
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Sacred Cow: are politicians’ many houses an impediment to property, rental reform?
by Michael West and Kim Wingerei | Oct 3, 2023 | and published at michaelwest.com.au Original article: https://michaelwest.com.au/sacred-...
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80 Percent of Noosa’s Overnight Visitors Stay in Private Dwellings
By Rowland Hill, Noosa Resident The draft Destination Management Plan confirms the distortion that the short-term rental market is...
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Short Term Accommodation 7.5% Tax! A Limp Lettuce?
By Paul Birch, Noosa Heads Should we be happy that Victoria has imposed a 7.5% levy on Airbnb style Short Term Accommodation? Definitely...
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UQ figures at odds with Noosa Council STA numbers
In response to “UQ report finds little evidence short-stay accommodation causes rental rises” ABC News 11 Sep 2023 Contributed by a Noosa...
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Noosa Council: Existing Rights Claims for Short Term Accommodation
Extract from https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/short-stay-letting "Does my property have lawful town planning rights to operate short stay...
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SHORT STAY ACCOMMODATION SOARS 22.8% AS AUSTRALIA'S RENTAL CRISIS RAGES
Media Release from the Real Estate Institute of Australia, 6 September 2023 Short stay accommodation is booming at a time when...
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Just the ticket: Noosa's radical ideas to deal with 2 million visitors a year
by John McCarthy, inqld.com.au A Noosa Council discussion paper has proposed radical ideas like imposing a booking system and restricted...
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Walid Ali on The Project challenges AirBNB on Housing Shortages [Wednesday, 20 September 2023]
"Do you at least accept the proposition that, at some degree, short stay accommodations to some degree takes properties off the rental...
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Property Tech Start-Up Deckard Aims to Help Governments Collect Taxes from Short-Term Rentals
By Lira Mercer and published on claytoncountyregister.com Related article: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-...
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2019: Noosa's STA-Online Platform Issues Paper
Paper prepared for the Noosa Shire Council in February 2019. A pity we then had an election delivering us a Mayor and Councillors who...
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