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Minns backtracks on rental bidding ban

Taking heed of mounting concerns over its potential implications, the NSW government has made the decision to abandon its push to outlaw rental bidding.

8 June 2023

Text reads "Room for Rent" on piece of cardboard attached to fence on suburban street

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Controversial rule around rent bidding ditched by Minns government

A state government has backflipped after its attempt to stop a hated practice by real estate agents was set to make things worse.

7 June 2023

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NSW unlikely to withdraw further Covid fines despite court ruling many were unlawful

More than 33,000 fines were rescinded last year after a supreme court ruling, but correspondence from authorities suggests thousands more will stand.

6 June 2023

Police officer fines to police car in traffic

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NSW legal services call for investigation after reports police were directed to take ‘strong approach’ to enforcing Covid fines

Two community legal services have lodged a formal complaint against NSW police over its “heavy-handed” enforcement of Covid fines during the pandemic.

5 June 2023

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RADIO: LECC called upon to investigate Police Force's approach to fines.

Redfern Legal Centre and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre lodged a complaint calling for the LECC to investigate internal directives regarding the NSW Police Force's approach to fines.

5 June 2023

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Community Sector Warns: NSW Rental Laws to Spark Bidding Wars, Push Up Prices

Nineteen community organisations have come together to warn the NSW Government’s proposed rent bidding legislation will spark legal rental auctions and further push up prices.

2 June 2023

Exterior shot of housing commission apartments against Sydney skyline, with a banner reading "Not For Sale" across rooftop

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‘A festering tree’: growing calls for parliamentary inquiry into NSW police use of force

Justice experts say there needs to be a more rigorous process for when Tasers and guns can be deployed to change the way officers manage incidents.

27 May 2023

Blurred image of police standing on a road behind a strip of blue and white police tape

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Police probed over appropriate use of force after 14yo hospitalised while in custody

Police have been questioned about when they are able to use force after a 14-year-old Indigenous boy was hospitalised following his arrest.

25 May 2023

Group of police in dark blue uniform standing inside with backs to camera watching a group of people protesting outside

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Officer who Tasered Nowland ‘very distressed’, will fight case: lawyer

The LECC on Thursday put police officer training under the microscope as it investigated allegations excessive force was used during the arrest of an Indigenous teenager in northern NSW in September 2022.

25 May 2023

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Commission probes use of excessive force by New South Wales police against Indigenous boy

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) will begin examining the use of force by NSW Police Thursday, along with other systemic issues related to the arrest and detention of children.

25 May 2023

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Topics

Minns backtracks on rental bidding ban

Controversial rule around rent bidding ditched by Minns government

NSW unlikely to withdraw further Covid fines despite court ruling many were unlawful

NSW legal services call for investigation after reports police were directed to take ‘strong approach’ to enforcing Covid fines

RADIO: LECC called upon to investigate Police Force's approach to fines.

Community Sector Warns: NSW Rental Laws to Spark Bidding Wars, Push Up Prices

‘A festering tree’: growing calls for parliamentary inquiry into NSW police use of force

Police probed over appropriate use of force after 14yo hospitalised while in custody

Officer who Tasered Nowland ‘very distressed’, will fight case: lawyer

Commission probes use of excessive force by New South Wales police against Indigenous boy

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