I agree with the can of worms @Wendy117 we should be preparing our properties for the new standards. I have already informed our neighbours about doing Airbnb in our cottage.
Because our cottage is new we have all the up to date building standards. Just waiting for information from the council or nsw state government as to let us know where to register.
I have started asking the names of all guest for registration and have had no refusals so far and I have put a shortened version of the rules on my booking page with Airbnb. I have put a copy of the information by the state government in the manual left in the cottage. When showing the guest through the property I ask them to read the information whilst staying.
My one concern is leaving the name of emergency plumber and electrician contact number because we live on the premises and would like to be informed of a problem. I think this issue is really for remote owners or let out their property through other agents.
If we as Airbnb hosts are doing the right thing we have nothing to worry about and I think it will mean those short term rental accommodation not are up to standard or taking short cuts will be the losers.
It will be interesting to see how many places will be withdrawn and it should leave those that are continuing with more bookings. We will all have to wait and see what the outcome will be.