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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.

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.

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.

Tenants are continuing to feel the pinch of rising rent increases across the country.

Our tenancy service speaks to tenants every day about the terrible state of their public housing properties. The public housing maintenance system is not working, and the result is that many people in our community who are experiencing disadvantage are living in terrible conditions.

Data obtained by Redfern Legal Centre, via the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW), reflects a clear bias involved in the way that NSW police officers are applying personal searches.

Police are conducting more than 150,000 body searches annually across NSW, with children and Indigenous people more likely to be stopped and interrogated.

A fight to save the housing block ensues, with protests and a petition started, calling on the government to retain the public housing.