This is a story I've been working on for the past couple of months about child protection and out of home care in NSW. Caseworkers say the system is so stretched many cases are simply marked ‘closed’ without children being seen at all #NSWpol theguardian.com/australia-news…

From yesterday - NSW minister Kate Washington admits child protection system will continue using motels and hotels to house vulnerable children hours after suggesting the practice would be banned theguardian.com/australia-news…

Back on Macquarie St and the place is in shambles. Opposition leader Mark Speakman says a Labor minister recently described him as a "resilient bastard". theguardian.com/australia-news…

Serco must be punished for ‘oppressive’ treatment of prisoners at Australia’s largest jail, legal experts say theguardian.com/australia-news…

Commuters can expect delays and a main Sydney train line’s conversion to a metro service will face “significant” disruption at the taxpayer’s expense unless the NSW government can reach an 11th-hour agreement with the rail union. Catie McLeod theguardian.com/australia-news…

Today Redfern Legal Centre launches the Police Accountability Dashboard - a groundbreaking tool and the first of its kind in Australia. Read the full story here: theguardian.com/australia-news… Check out the dashboard here: rlc.org.au/policeaccounta…

NSW premier Chris Minns tells 2GB radio police should be able to ban pro-Palestine protests because they’re too expensive #nswpol - Guardian Australia theguardian.com/australia-news…

Union leaders revolt after NSW premier advocates police power to prohibit rallies deemed too expensive to patrol #nswpol with/ ⁦⁦Jordyn Beazley⁩ theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

NSW premier Chris Minns is facing a backlash from his own MPs over his push to ban costly protests. Some - including sacked parliamentary secretary Anthony D'Adam - say government MPs are afraid to speak out in support of Palestine #nswpol theguardian.com/australia-news…

NSW premier Chris Minns says he hasn’t lost control of the caucus, after multiple MPs expressed concern re his protest rhetoric. “Our priority was peace and security and social cohesion … The vast majority of my parliamentary party are completely behind … that sentiment.”

Here’s more on those NSW Labor MPs expressing concern, from Catie McLeod amp.theguardian.com/australia-news…

NSW police union pushes back at premier’s suggestion pro-Palestine protests divert resources from crime, saying majority of officers at weekend rally were ‘doing user-pay or cancelled rest day’ shifts. With Rafqa Touma #nswpol theguardian.com/australia-news…

An independent candidate who narrowly missed snagging the blue-ribbon seat of Pittwater at the last state election is trying again after the Liberal MP Rory Amon quit earlier this year. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Exclusive: NSW Council of Social Services report finds ‘dramatic increase’ in number of people delaying or not seeing GP due to cost Catie McLeod theguardian.com/australia-news…

The banning of no-grounds evictions is a huge win for renters, unions, and community groups who pushed for urgent reform. This is a step towards ensuring everyone has secure housing close to their communities and places of work. theguardian.com/australia-news…

I’ve started as the consumer affairs reporter at Guardian Australia. It’s the first time the The Guardian has had someone covering this round in Australia, so if you have any story ideas or know of issues we should be covering, please get in touch! [email protected]

some real estate agents, not yet content with already getting paid to do very little work, apparently seeking to do even less work and outsourcing the writing of listings to ChatGPT - which is inventing non-existent "features" great story Catie McLeod theguardian.com/australia-news…

h/t Purplepingers ☭ uncovering the listing Real estate in question says "“all the real estate agencies use AI these days” to write property listings... "I don’t know any real estate agent that doesn’t use AI" theguardian.com/australia-news…

Real estate listing gaffe exposes widespread use of AI in Australian industry – and potential risks, with an industry expert saying the technology is already so advanced it is ‘almost science fiction’ and ‘ethical questions need to be asked’ theguardian.com/australia-news…