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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Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act Annual Report 2007-08
Annual reports
The Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act Annual Report sets out a range of particulars about the authorities granted by the law enforcement agencies.
NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2007-08
Office Annual Reports
Our annual report is a public record of our work for the financial year 2007-2008. It provides the community with an opportunity to find out what we have achieved and the way we have achieved it.
Parts 2A and 3 of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 Preventative Detention and Covert Search Warrants Review – First Report September 2008
Reports to Parliament
The Ombudsman is required to keep under scrutiny the exercise of preventative detention and covert search powers, and report every three years. This is the first report of the office and covers the period September 2005 until September 2007.
Police Powers (Drug Detection Trial) Act 2003 Review August 2008
Reports to Parliament
The Police Powers(Drug Detection Trial) Act 2003 aimed to equip police with additional powers to tackle the vehicular trafficking of indictable quantities of drugs by allowing police to randomly stop and screen vehicles with drug detection dogs in areas where there is intelligence and evidence sugge
Submission on National Child Protection Framework September 2008
Other submissions
This document contains the Ombudsman's comments on the proposals for a national framework for the protection of children. It was submitted to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in July 2008.
Supporting the carers of Aboriginal children report June 2008
Reports to Parliament
In New South Wales, close to 13,000 children and young people live in formally recognised out-of-home care arrangements. Most live with extended family or other individuals who, with the support of the Minister and the Director-General of Community Services, take on the responsibility for providing
Supporting people with an intellectual disability in the criminal justice system progress report June 2008
Reports to Parliament
Research and inquiries over many years have indicated that people with an intellectual disability are significantly over represented as offenders in all aspects of the criminal justice system. In 2002, a cross-government Senior Officers Group (SOG) was formed to bring about better outcomes for peopl
Submission on Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW May 2008
Other submissions
In November 2007, the NSW Government established the Wood Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW to undertake a review of the child protection system. We provided the Wood Inquiry with a number of submissions (9 parts) which are listed below.
Family Support Services Complaint Handling - C&DS review April 2008
Reports to Parliament
This is a report made under section 14 of the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993. It details observations and recommendations arising from our review of the complaint handling practices of a sample of family support services.
Review of the Freedom of Information Act 1989 - Discussion paper
Discussion paper
This discussion paper forms part of a broader investigation by the office into the processes and procedures surrounding freedom of information in New South Wales. This investigation will also involve reviewing documents and auditing randomly-selected files from 18 different government agencies, as w
Report of Reviewable Deaths in 2007 Volume 1: Deaths of people with disabilities
Annual reports
This is volume 1 of our annual report on reviewable deaths in 2007. It documents our review of the deaths of 98 people with disabilities in care.
Complaint handling systems survey reports
Reports to Parliament
In the period June to August 2007 the NSW Ombudsman conducted a survey of complaint handling systems across all NSW government departments and public authorities, including local councils. This is the report of the results from government departments and public authorities.
