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Universities and Australia’s biggest student housing provider are using a loophole in legislation to avoid tough laws designed to protect renters.

Police Minister Yasmin Catley has refused to reveal when the family of 95-year-old Clare Nowland was told she had been Tasered by a police officer, as pressure grows on the government to launch an inquiry into the force following a string of high-profile controversies.

A woman wrongfully handcuffed and detained while walking by a peaceful protest to protect a heritage church on the NSW South Coast has received a $60,000 compensation payout from NSW Police.

Video evidence of police using Tasers will only be collected when “circumstances permit” because a new generation of the technology being rolled out across the state does not have an inbuilt camera, prompting concerns about police accountability.

Indigenous community leaders in Walgett in western NSW are supporting calls for an investigation into police enforcement of COVID-19 fines.

Former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller and the NSW Police are facing a formal complaint over their “heavy-handed approach” in issuing more than 60,000 COVID-19 fines between March 2020 and September 2022.

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

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

More than 33,000 fines were rescinded last year after a supreme court ruling, but correspondence from authorities suggests thousands more will stand.

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.