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New South Wales police used force toward Aboriginal people at a vastly disproportionate rate compared to non-Indigenous people, new data has shown.

The Redfern Legal Centre, which obtained the data, is calling for a parliamentary inquiry into physical force used by NSW Police.

Exclusive: Redfern Legal Centre obtained records which show First Nations people were involved in about 45% of the incidents

On what grounds are the fines being challenged... And what happens if you've already paid the fine?

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) has filed a new NSW Supreme Court application to cancel a COVID-related fine on the grounds of invalidity.

All remaining COVID-19-related fines in NSW, worth tens of millions of dollars, could be cancelled following a fresh court challenge which aims to have a specific type of fine issued during lockdowns declared invalid.

Human rights lawyer says report provides ‘robust’ evidence of profiling, which police deny.

Some community leaders say report is evidence of officers targeting people based on their ethnicity, which Victoria police rejects.

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.