Short-stay registration by state

OzGetaways does not register, lodge or approve anything on your behalf. Where a state has a register we link to it, check that a number looks right, show it on your listing as the law requires and record what you have told us. The rules below are as at September 2026 and change often, so please check the official source before you list.

New South Wales

• Register on the NSW Planning Portal's STRA Register ($65 for the first year, then $25 a year). Your Property ID must appear on every listing, and platforms may not advertise unregistered premises, so a NSW listing cannot go live without it.
• Non-hosted stays in Greater Sydney and some regional areas are capped at 180 nights a year (stays of 21 nights or more do not count). Most of Byron Shire is capped at 60 nights. Hosted stays are not capped.
• The NSW Fire Safety Standard applies: interconnected smoke alarms, and in apartments an evacuation diagram, a fire extinguisher and a fire blanket. We ask you to confirm these.
• A strata scheme can ban short stays in a home that is not the owner's principal residence.

Victoria

• No state register. A 7.5% short stay levy applies to stays under 28 nights; OzGetaways collects it from the guest and pays the State Revenue Office. Your principal place of residence is exempt.
• An owners corporation can restrict short stays with a 75% vote, except in a principal residence. Some councils, for example Bass Coast, run their own schemes.

Queensland

• No state register, levy or cap. Council rules vary: Noosa has a local law with an approval and annual renewal, Brisbane charges a rates surcharge for whole homes let more than 60 nights a year, and the Gold Coast generally needs planning approval for whole-home short stays. Check with your council before you list.

Western Australia

• Register on the WA STRA Register ($250, then $100 a year). The number must appear on every advertisement and it is illegal to advertise without it, so a WA listing cannot go live without the number.
• In the Perth metropolitan area an un-hosted home can be let for up to 90 nights a year without development approval.

Tasmania

• Platforms must record whether a listing has a council planning permit or is exempt, and report it to Consumer, Building and Occupational Services each quarter. We do the recording and reporting; you provide the permit number or confirm the exemption. You are usually exempt when you let your own home while you are away, or up to four bedrooms while you live there.

South Australia

• No register yet. A statewide register was announced in September 2025. Adelaide City Council charges higher rates on homes let more than 90 days a year.

Australian Capital Territory

• No register. A 5% levy applies to platform bookings under 28 nights (rising to 7.5% on 1 July 2027). OzGetaways collects it from the guest and pays the ACT Revenue Office. Hosted stays are exempt.

Northern Territory

• No short-stay rules yet.

What we ask on the address screen

Whether you host on site or not, whether it is your principal residence, whether it is in a strata building, and your registration or permit number where your state has one. You can mark a listing ready without the number; it is only needed to go live in NSW and WA, and in Tasmania a permit or an exemption is needed instead.