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Accommodation Australia works extensively in policy and advocacy across a broad spectrum of issues to ensure travel and tourism remains at the forefront of the minds of policy-makers. Accommodation Australia holds a high level of engagement with a range of government and shadow ministers at both a state and federal level. This includes the senior advisors, departmental personnel and other key political staffers. As well as working to ensure that governments are sensitive to the needs of our members and the broader tourism industry. We alsowork with other leading industry organisations and maintain strong links with representatives of the main travel destinations and with travel principals and suppliers.
On behalf of members, we lobby government both at the national and state level, on a range of issues to help our members do business more easily:
- Supporting Tourism Investment
- Addressing Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and anti-competitive behaviours
- Strengthening the regulatory environment for non-compliant short-term rental accommodation
- Supporting tourism demand growth
- Encouraging and supporting accommodation investment
- Addressing Labour and Skills shortages
- Driving visa reform
Government Committees
Accommodation Australia represents its members on a number of Government taskforces, committees and groups to ensure Government’s understand the impacts of their decisions on the industry. On a national level the association has representation on a range of government advisory groups inclusive of the
- Department of Home Affairs,
- Tourism Visa Advisory Group;
- Department of Employment’s Mature Age EmploymentCommittee;
- Austrade’s Labour & Skills Roundtable;
- Department of Environment & Energy’s CBD Review Reference
