FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - The Untold Story

'Efficiency' required for tech-based DV policing move

People accused of serious domestic violence will either be behind bars or electronically monitored and NSW leaders believe the police force can handle the job.

AAP · Oct 11, 2024

Tenants to enforce 'rules of the game' in rent reforms

Rental reforms planned for the nation's most expensive market aim to make it easier for pet owners and tighten laws that are not always being followed.

AAP · Sep 22, 2024

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 · Sep 16, 2024

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 · Aug 5, 2024

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.

AAP · Jul 14, 2024

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 · Apr 2, 2024

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 · Mar 22, 2024

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 · Mar 6, 2024

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 · Feb 7, 2024

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 · Nov 8, 2023