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Office Annual Reports
Our annual report is a public record of our work for the financial year 2010-2011. It provides the community with an opportunity to find out what we have achieved and the way we have achieved it.
Annual reports
The report provides information on 589 children and young people whose deaths were registered in NSW in 2010.
Reports into the deaths of children
This is volume 2 of our annual report on reviewable deaths in 2008 and 2009. It documents our review of the deaths of 77 children.
Reports to Parliament
Keep Them Safe: A shared approach to child wellbeing is an initiative of the former government stemming from recommendations made by the 2008 Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW. It represents a significant shift in the way that child protection and early support serv
Reports to Parliament
Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 gives special powers to police and other agencies to deal with suspected terrorist acts. The Act requires that the Ombudsman keeps under scrutiny the exercise of preventative detention and covert search warrant powers and report to Parliament after two years. The r
Reports to Parliament
This report is about marginalised and vulnerable people living in accommodation that does not afford them adequate protection, support, or rights; and the need for significant reform to address this longstanding and unacceptable situation. It draws on extensive work by the Ombudsman since 2002, whic
Reports to Parliament
Between late May and August 2010, we consulted with over 300 parents and carers of children with disability across NSW about their current experiences in accessing and using services designed to support their child, and their family as a whole.
Reports to Parliament
This report presents the findings and recommendations of our audit of the NSW Police Force handling of domestic violence-related complaints in 2008. It builds on our 2006 investigation and report on the policing of domestic violence. It presents information from our detailed audit of 289 police comp
Reports to Parliament
This report details the observations, findings and recommendations arising from our review of a group of children on statutory care orders with a view to restoration.
Reports to Parliament
Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) (SD Act) began operation on 1 August 2008 and repealed the Listening Devices Act 1984 (NSW) (LD Act). The SD Act 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 o
Annual reports
This is volume 1 of our annual report on reviewable deaths in 2008 and 2009. It documents our review of the deaths of 193 people with disabilities in care.
Parliamentary submissions
Submission on monitoring the impact of fines through our complaints and inquiries function, community liaison work and our role in reviewing the trial of Criminal Infringement Notices (CINs) issued by police, and the impact of the state-wide roll out of the CINs on Aboriginal communities
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and pay our respects to all Elders past and present, and to the children of today who are the Elders of the future.
Artist: Jasmine Sarin, a proud Kamilaroi and Jerrinja woman.