It's the same here in QLD. Has been for a lot of years. I believe originally, you had to have a taxi or limo licence or some crap to charge for your hire, now it's some other licence. Same happened in the towing industry years ago.
Here, you can use your vehicle for private functions etc, provided there's no fee and the vehicle is on full rego. No consessional or club rego allowed.
It's not just a liability issue, but it also protects industries.
Shane.