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The case of Melissa Dunn, an Indigenous teenage girl violently arrested in 2012, shows why NSW needs a better approach to police complaints

Short of cash? Can't get a credit card? Can't get a bank loan? If you believe the ads from a new breed of short-term lenders you simply head for your local pawnshop, or even the internet, borrow the cash and move on. Photo: ABC website.

Watch the story of Melissa Dunn and her treatment by the NSW Police Force on the ABC website. March 2015 - ABC 7:30 Report

The federal government will use an extra $230 million in homelessness funding to encourage the states to better target people who most need help. The federal government will use an extra $230 million in homelessness funding to encourage the states to better target people who most need help. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/03/23/more-fed-funds-to-tac... The federal government will use an extra $230 million in homelessness funding to encourage the states to better target people who most need help. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/03/23/more-fed-funds-to-tac... The federal government will use an extra $230 million in homelessness funding to encourage the states to better target people who most need help. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/03/23/more-fed-funds-to-tac...

Struggling single mum Rebecca Warfield saved money on cheap haircuts at a hairdressing college in Sydney.

The ocean views and high incomes of the eastern suburbs hide a shocking domestic violence epidemic with eight women falling victim every day.

DOOR-TO-DOOR selling, cold calling and other aggressive marketing tactics helped two private colleges sign up more than 10,000 students to expensive taxpayer-funded Business Diplomas in 2013, many of which will never be completed.

Disability discrimination in employment Freedom of speech, right?

Over a period of a couple of months in late 2014, Jessica Minshall sat in with Redfern Legal Centre to conduct a series of recordings about the Centre. Jessica captured the inner workings of RLC, and in particular the Centre's Police Powers practice, run by David Porter.

There are a hundred angry men in this thing" warned Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas this week, appearing for a second time before a parliamentary inquiry trying to penetrate a murky 15-year old scandal which has shaken the NSW Police Force to its core.