Reports
Browse our library to find our special reports to Parliament, research reports, and Parliamentary and other submissions. Search by keywords, title, topic and report type.
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Casebook January 2025: Investigations and complaint-handling case studies
Reports to Parliament
Casebook January 2025: Investigations and complaint-handling case studies includes a summary of all investigations completed by the NSW Ombudsman between 1 July 2024 and 31 December 2024.
OCHRE 2024: Current status and future direction report
Reports to Parliament
This is a special report to Parliament that details the NSW Ombudsman’s assessment of OCHRE over the past 10 years.
Oversight of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 Annual Report 2023–24
Annual reports
This report provides a snapshot of voluntary public interest disclosures made between 1 October 2023, when the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (PID Act) commenced, and 30 June 2024. It also details of our work under the PID Act, including advice and training, and our monitoring and auditing activities.
Review of the DCJ Complaint System in respect of its Aboriginal Child Protection functions
Reports to Parliament
This special report was completed as part of the NSW Ombudsman's community services complaint system review function. It follows a comprehensive review of the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) system for handing complaints from, or concerning Aboriginal children in the child protection system.
NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2023-24
Annual reports
The NSW Child Death Review Team (CDRT) Annual Report 2023-24 describes the operations and activities of the CDRT during the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2023–24
Office Annual Reports
The NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2023-24 outlines our work over the past financial year in pursuing fairness for the people of NSW.
NSW Ombudsman Submission - Australia's youth justice incarceration system
Other submissions
This is a copy of our submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Australia’s youth justice incarceration system. The submission outlines the oversight role of the NSW Ombudsman in relation to youth justice detention in NSW, highlighting our functions most relevant to the Inquiry.
Investigation into actions taken against bystander inmates following an incident at Clarence Correctional Centre
Reports to Parliament
This special report concerns an investigation into actions taken by the operator of Clarence Correctional Centre (Serco) against inmates who witnessed an assault on an officer by an inmate, at the centre in September 2023.
Investigation into inmate discipline in NSW correctional centres
Reports to Parliament
The report follows an investigation by the NSW Ombudsman involving a systemic examination of how inmate discipline is managed across all correctional centres. The inmate disciplinary system deals with inmates who are alleged to have committed a ‘correctional centre offence’ while in custody.
Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence
Parliamentary submissions
Submission to the Select Committee on adopting artificial intelligence.
Casebook July 2024: Investigations and complaint-handling case studies
Reports to Parliament
Casebook July 2024: Investigations and complaint-handling case studies provides a summary of investigations conducted and a sample of complaints handled by the NSW Ombudsman from 1 October 2023 to 30 June 2024.
Protecting children at risk: an assessment of whether the Department of Communities and Justice is meeting its core responsibilities
Reports to Parliament
This special report was completed as part of the NSW Ombudsman’s Community Services monitoring and review functions.
