Insurables — Australian business risk, sourced and dated

Accommodation providers: public liability requirements in Western Australia

Cover for legal liability to third parties for personal injury or property damage arising from business activities.

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Verified for Western Australia

  • Licence liability condition: A full-text reading of the Act returned ZERO occurrences of "insurance". It is a registration scheme, not an insurance scheme. AND THIS IS THE NATIONAL PICTURE: no jurisdiction outside New South Wales imposes an insurance requirement on a short-term rental host. NSW requires hosts to hold cover for third-party injury and death valid for the occupancy period; everywhere else the schemes are registration, levy or data-reporting instruments with no insurance content at all. A host who moves a property interstate loses a legal obligation, not a protection — the risk does not change with the border. WA · effective 2026-08-24 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licence evidence required: Registration or levy obligations as they apply, but no insurance evidence anywhere outside New South Wales. WA · effective 2026-08-24 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licensing body: For short-term rental, a state register. The Short-Term Rental Accommodation Act 2024 (WA) made registration of STRA premises mandatory from 1 January 2025, for hosted and un-hosted properties alike. WA · effective 2026-08-24 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

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