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

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) have lodged a complaint against former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller and NSW Police over their heavy-handed approach to handing out more than 60,000 COVID-19 fines during the pandemic.

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.

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.

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

A former senior official at the state’s police watchdog, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), has warned there are too many failings in a system that relies on police examining the actions of colleagues.

Tomorrow (25 May), the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) will examine the use of force by NSW Police, along with systemic issues related to the arrest and detention of children.

Local court cases involving COVID-19-related fines in NSW are under review following a Supreme Court ruling that two penalty notices were invalid.

What happens to tens of thousands of COVID-related fines in NSW after a Supreme Court ruling raised questions about their validity?

Urgent legal advice being sought by courts to clarify how decision could affect pending and finalised cases