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Revealed: criminals and unlicensed agents operating across Australia’s real estate sector

Revelations come amid federal government push for additional scrutiny of sector through counter-terror financing and money-laundering laws

The Guardian - AU

Strata-firm overseer stood down over share disclosures

The NSW strata commissioner had been taken off his post while officials investigate shares held in a property services firm.

AAP

Rapist officer inquiry sparks prison mandates, CCTV

Prison officers will be forced to report misconduct and wear body-worn cameras in response to a rapist guard's "deplorable" crimes.

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Stacks of prison punishments 'unlawful, unjust'

Tina was awaiting trial when she asked for help with her drug problem. A damning report has found she was instead charged with failing a drug test.

AAP

NSW closes loophole to stamp out fires caused by substandard lithium-ion batteries in ebikes and scooters

New rules declaring the popular devices a form of transport mean the batteries must meet strict international product standards

The Guardian - AU

Rent-seekers targeted in background-check fee ban

Prospective tenants are pressured to pay for checks on legally dubious databases as technology is installed between tenants and owners in a bid for profits.

AAP

New standards needed to tackle e-bike battery fires

As fires linked to e-bikes continue to surge, NSW is implementing new standards in relation to lithium-ion batteries.

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Brock got the news the day he asked for repairs – one of 30,000 NSW renters evicted without a reason each year

Some states have banned or restricted no-grounds evictions, but advocates say they continue to magnify the power imbalance in the rental market

The Guardian - AU

Mascot Towers sale deal to end five years of ‘purgatory’ for owners of defect-riddled Sydney apartments

A majority of owners agree to deal, which will give them a share of the $30m building price and support from the NSW government

The Guardian - AU

Rapist officer ‘should never have been employed’ to work in NSW prisons, scathing inquiry finds

Wayne Astill’s file contained complaints of serious criminal misconduct before he was hired to work at women’s prison, report says

The Guardian - AU

Risk reduction focus after two deaths at private prison

Two inmates have died at a NSW prison since the start of 2024, focusing attention on the removal of hanging points in jails in a bid to make prisons safer.

AAP

CCTV gaps to remain at women's jail after guard's rapes

A prison where a former guard sexually abused female inmates needs hundreds more CCTV cameras, but there has been no commitment to address the security issue.

AAP

NSW women’s prison lacking hundreds of security cameras despite guard sexually assaulting detainees

Inquiry into Wayne Gregory Astill’s offending hears up to 500 cameras should be installed in area he worked

The Guardian - AU

Inquiry to examine how prison guard could rape inmates

An inquiry will examine how Wayne Astill was able to rape and assault several women prisoners during the decade he worked at a jail in Sydney's west.

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‘Wild west’: Australia’s would-be tenants asked about tattoos and social media as calls grow for regulation

Another renter was told to provide a year’s worth of bank statements, with NSW minister saying applicants ‘rightly feel uneasy’ about data collection

The New Daily

Contentious Australia-first rent bidding revamp shelved

A new advocate for renters will get pricing powers more quickly after the NSW government parked a controversial proposal that was broadly criticised.

Newcastle Herald

Real estate agent in 15-year battle to clear her name after fraud conviction

"She lost assets, she lost friends, she lost everything."

ABC News

Rent freezes off the table in NSW as new government focuses on bonds and bidding

The New South Wales government is prioritising changes to the rental bond system and secret bidding as parliament resumes this week, but that is not the relief many tenants are desperate for.

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Sydney family escapes unharmed as their home collapses around them

A family has had a lucky escape after waking in fright as their south western Sydney home collapsed around them

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Home collapses as western Sydney family sleeps

A family has been lucky to escape after part of their Sydney home collapsed in what the NSW Fair Trading minister has called a "shocking incident".

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