Airbnb is doing a Donald Trump Down Under – insulting, alienating and potentially making enemies of the people it should be working closely with simply because it can’t get what it wants.

The highlight so far has been the attack on NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian by Brent Thomas (right), the Head of Public Policy at Airbnb in Australia, who should be smoothing the way in the halls of power.

Instead Thomas, angered by the lack of progress in getting long-standing letting laws changed in favour of Airbnb, opted to insult Berejiklian, saying she has no idea about innovation and that her predecessor, Mike Baird, would be doing a much better job in an interview with The Australian Newspaper.

“This is the sort of bold fair and progressive reform that Mike Baird would have embraced. But unfortunately, it seems like that’s not happening.”

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