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Savannah Meacham

Fears new rental laws may increase price pressures

The rights of renters in Queensland have been strengthened under new laws. (Glenn Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Major reforms like outlawing rental bidding have passed in Queensland but not all housing bodies support the changes.

Nearly two million renters in the state will be protected by strengthened laws that ban any form of rent bidding and only allow rent to be increased once a year on a property.

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