Reports
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Drowning deaths of children (private swimming pools) 2007-2014
Research reports
The following information is drawn from the NSW register of child deaths. The register is maintained by the NSW Child Death Review Team. The sources of the information are primarily police and Coronial records, including briefs of evidence.
Submission to Legislative Council Inquiry into service coordination in communities with high social needs
Parliamentary submissions
NSW Ombudsman submission to the Inquiry into service coordination in communities with high social needs by the Standing Committee on Social Issues.
Review of Restricted Premises Act search powers and offence provisions - Issues Paper - August 2015
Reports to Parliament
The Ombudsman is required to review the use of additional search powers and new offence provisions in the Restricted Premises Act 1943 until 31 October 2015. On 1 November 2013, changes to the Restricted Premises Act, intended to help target gun crime and premises used by serious criminals, enter
Ombudsman supplementary submission to the Review of the Police Oversight in NSW - July 2015
Other submissions
Supplementary submission to the Review of the Police Oversight in NSW.
Review of police use of Firearms Prohibition Order search powers - Issues Paper July 2015
Reports to Parliament
We are currently scrutinising police use of new search without warrant powers and are calling from submissions from the public. In November 2013, amendments made to the Firearms Act 1996 provided police in New South Wales with new search powers to enforce a Firearms Prohibition Order (FPO). The new
Official Community Visitors Annual Report 2013-14
Annual reports
The Official Community Visitor annual report is a public record of the official community visitor scheme for the financial year 2013-2014. The report outlines the role of the visitors, their work, statistical information and financial reports.
Ombudsman submission to the Review of Police Oversight in New South Wales - June 2015
Other submissions
This submission to the Review of Police Oversight in NSW responds to the requirement that the review should provide advice about ‘options for a single civilian oversight model for police in NSW’. We examine the principles underpinning the current model and how it works in practice, and recommend tha
Submission to Royal Commission on Issues Paper 8 - experiences of police and prosecution responses - 22 June 2015
Other submissions
NSW Ombudsman submission in response to the Royal Commission's Issues paper 8: Experiences of police and prosecution responses to institutional child sexual abuse.
Report of Reviewable Deaths in 2012 and 2013 Volume 1: Child Deaths
Reports into the deaths of children
This is volume 1 of our annual report on reviewable deaths in 2012 and 2013. It documents our review of the deaths of 41 children in 2012 and 2013, and a separate review of 83 children who were killed in circumstances of familial abuse over the 10-year period to 2013.
Report of Reviewable Deaths in 2012 and 2013 Volume 2: Deaths of people with disability in care
Annual reports
This is volume 2 of our annual report on reviewable deaths in 2012 and 2013. It documents our review of the deaths of 239 people with disability in residential care. The Ombudsman is required to review these deaths under Part 6 of the Community Services (Complaints Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993.
NSW Ombudsman submission on Proposal for an NDIS Quality and Safeguarding framework May 2015
Other submissions
This submission is informed by our extensive work in relation to people with disability and disability services over the past 12 years, and our consultations with the disability sector. Under the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 (NSW), the responsibilities of our offi
Oversight of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 Annual Report 2013-14
Annual reports
This is our third annual report under the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994. The report provides a snapshot of the disclosures made and handled by public authorities this year. It also outlines the work of our office in monitoring the way in which public interest disclosures are being dealt with
