Airbnb should be banned within apartment blocks unless strata committees or owners corporations vote to allow the home-sharing service in the building, Liberal MP John Sidoti says.

The Member for Drummoyne’s intervention comes as Gladys Berejiklian’s cabinet is likely to consider – for the third time in recent weeks – laws applying to short-term tenancies in NSW.

The Fair Trading Minister Matt Kean and the Planning Minister Anthony Roberts were forced to cancel a press conference called last Tuesday after a backbench revolt to proposed changes that would have allowed Sydney residents to let their homes using Airbnb for 180 days a year.

The Member for Drummoyne, John Sidoti (centre) wants strata committees to have to opt in to allow Airbnb in buildings Credit:Michele Mossop

The policy that triggered the revolt would not have allowed strata committees or owner corporations to prevent the use of Airbnb and other short-term holiday letting in their buildings.