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Real estate agents are telling prospective renters they'll have a better chance if they offer more. Here's why that's legally murky

Amid an increasingly competitive market, would-be tenants say some real estate agents are encouraging desperate house hunters to offer more money to secure a rental, despite rental bidding being outlawed.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2023

Once-feral donkeys restore confidence to Hunter Valley sheep sector demoralised by dog attacks

Properties in the Hunter Valley, left demoralised by wild dog attacks, find a saviour in an animal perhaps known best for its stubborn nature but with an incredible ability to bond with, and protect, other livestock.

ABC News · Aug 13, 2022

Anniversary of Delta lockdown in NSW marked with trepidation as scars remain

A year on and the echoes of NSW's Delta lockdown remain for many. In parts of Sydney hardest hit by the lockdown, the path back has been slow and challenging.

ABC News · Jun 25, 2022

Thousands of NSW nurses defy strike ban and walk off job

Thousands of nurses descend on Sydney's CBD as an ongoing dispute with the NSW government over pay and conditions intensifies.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2022

Voters in Western Sydney feel 'disconnected' from the debate in Canberra over the religious freedom bill

Politicians have been consumed by the religious discrimination bill — but do voters really care? We asked people in the electorates of Reid and Parramatta what they thought.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

Hunter resident group says wind farms not welcome as valley faces coal-free future

Everyone from industry groups and governments to environmentalists is asking: In the Hunter, what comes after coal? Not wind farms, according to a group of landholders.

ABC News · Jan 31, 2022