Linton Besser

The Minister for Fair Trading, Anoulack Chanthivong, orders an urgent review of the NSW Strata and Property Services Commissioner's $780,000 stake in a major real estate group.

The NSW government pledges to "stamp out bad behaviour" and strengthen oversight of the state's strata management industry in the wake of an ongoing ABC investigation that has revealed the systemic exploitation of unit owners and a widespread culture of kickbacks and secret commissions.

This year, I have spent several months with about a dozen former prisoners at a halfway house in Sydney called Rainbow Lodge. It was a sobering experience, and I'm now thoroughly disabused of my naivety.

The residents of Rainbow Lodge have committed multiple crimes and been in and out of prison for decades. For many, its program is their last chance to take responsibility for their actions and prove they're ready for the outside world – but one slip-up could land them back inside.

Wiley’s Hindawi scandal offers a window into a thriving black market of fake science, corrupted research and bogus authorship. It also illuminates a much broader crisis of trust confronting universities and scientific institutions worldwide.

In the current firestorm of recriminations about the causes of domestic violence and how we might address it, there have been calls for the more frequent or more rapid jailing of violent men. But few are asking: what happens then?

The NSW government has announced an inquiry into one of the country's largest strata management firms following revelations on ABC's 730 that it was charging exorbitant insurance fees and taking an untold sum in industry kickbacks. 

Since his elevation to the Senate in May 2022, David Pocock is on a mission to hold Canberra to account. Now, he has the Department of Defence in his sights.

Many strata managers know that in the long absence of proper regulation by government, the industry has become addicted to the routine exploitation of apartment owners and the easy profits that flow as a result.

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