Reports
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Child Deaths from Vaccine Preventable Infectious Diseases, NSW 2005-14
Reports to Parliament
This report was commissioned by the New South Wales Child Death Review Team (CDRT) to describe child deaths in NSW from diseases for which a vaccine is currently available in Australia, over the period 2005 to 2014; and provide recommendations to improve prevention of child deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases.
Letter to Royal Commission re NDIS and safeguards - 19 July 2016
Other submissions
NSW Ombudsman's submission to the Inquiry into Child Protection by the Legislative Council General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2. This submission is available on the Parliamentary website
Letter to the Royal Commission - issues arising from the roundtable on reporting offences - 13 July 2016
Other submissions
Royal Commission into Institutional responses to Child Sexual Abuse - April 2016 public roundtable into reporting offences and blind reporting.
Operation Prospect – Second Progress Report by the Acting NSW Ombudsman - 15 June 2016
Reports to Parliament
This is the second progress report provided to the NSW Parliament by the NSW Ombudsman regarding Operation Prospect.
Fostering economic development for Aboriginal people in NSW - A Special Report to Parliament May 2016
Reports to Parliament
In a special report tabled in Parliament on 31 May 2016, the Acting NSW Ombudsman has recommended measures to ensure that Government’s efforts to foster economic development for Aboriginal people in NSW are successful.
Response to Consultation paper on complaint handling best practice - 6 May 2016
Other submissions
NSW Ombudsman response to Consultation paper on complaint handling best practice - 6 May 2016
The consorting law report on the operation of Part 3A, Division 7 of the Crimes Act 1900 - April 2016
Reports to Parliament
The Acting Ombudsman, Professor John McMillan, has reviewed the operation of the NSW consorting law over a three year period from its commencement in April 2012. The Attorney General tabled the Ombudsman’s report in Parliament on Friday 17 June 2016. The new consorting law makes it a criminal off
Response to Royal Commission OOHC Consultation Paper - 22 April 2016
Other submissions
NSW Ombudsman response to Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Consultation Paper concerning Out-of-Home Care March 2016.
Official Community Visitors Annual Report 2014-15
Annual reports
The Official Community Visitor annual report is a public record of the official community visitor scheme for the financial year 2014-2015. The report outlines the role of the visitors, their work, statistical information and financial reports.
Report under Section 49(1) of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 for the 6 months ending 31 December 2015
Reports to Parliament
The Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) allows for the use of surveillance devices to investigate crime and to enable evidence to be obtained of the commission of such crime or the identity or location of the offender(s). The NSW Ombudsman is required by the Act to conduct inspections of the surveil
Submission on the Legislative Council into elder abuse in NSW
Parliamentary submissions
NSW Ombudsman submission on the Legislative Council inquiry into elder abuse in NSW.
Preliminary submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission's review of the Guardianship Act 1987
Parliamentary submissions
This preliminary submission is informed by our extensive work in relation to people with disability and disability services over the past 13 years, and our consultations with the disability sector. Under the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 (NSW), the responsibilities
