Brisbane City Council has hit back at changes to licencing regulations for personal appearance services, which see local government saddled with extra responsibilities for the sector.
On top of policing tattooing and body piercing businesses, Queensland local councils have now been told they have to regulate botox, skin needling and injectable filler services.
Previously, these businesses would not have required a licence if they complied with infection control guidelines. But with the introduction of the new requirements, the Council says hundreds of Brisbane businesses will feel the sting.
“Forget roads, rates and rubbish, your local council is now being saddled with licencing botox, skin needling and filler services,” said Brisbane Civic Cabinet Chair, Sarah Hutton.
“This is just the latest example of outrageous cost shifting by the State and Federal governments onto councils.
“The State and Federal governments collect 97 cents in every tax dollar and have benefited from massive revenue windfalls in recent years.
“Yet they’re increasingly shunning their responsibilities and requiring councils to do their work.
“Residents want their rates invested in repairing roads and collecting rubbish not paying Council employees to inspect botox businesses,” she said.
