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.
Reports to Parliament
The Department of Communities & Justice (DCJ) had a five-year strategy to reduce overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care (OOHC). The strategy did not reduce Aboriginal over-representation in OOHC. None of the four targets were achieved. There was some progress toward each targ
Reports to Parliament
The Public Interest Disclosures Steering Committee is established under section 6A of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1994 (PID Act). Under this section, the Ombudsman, as chairperson of the Steering Committee, is required to prepare an annual report of the Committee’s activities and any recommendations made
Reports to Parliament
This report analyses the relationship between early childhood mortality and maternal and baby characteristics at the time of birth (perinatal conditions) using a linked data set covering all babies born in NSW between 2005 and 2018.
Reports to Parliament
The PID Act 1994 requires the Ombudsman to provide an annual report to the NSW Parliament on the Ombudsman’s activities under section 6B of the Act. Sections 6B(1)(e) and (f) require the Ombudsman to report to Parliament specifically on monitoring and auditing activities.
Reports to Parliament
This report sets out the findings of audits we conducted on six local government councils under the PID Act 1994.
Reports to Parliament
This annual report, made under s34F of the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 (the Act), describes the operations and activities of the CDRT during the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
Reports to Parliament
This special report contains a summary of formal investigations completed by the NSW Ombudsman in the last 12 months. Whether or not a special report has been prepared in respect of a particular investigation, it is the Ombudsman’s current practice to publish and present to Parliament a special repo
Reports to Parliament
In this report the NSW Ombudsman Paul Miller has looked back on complaints received by the Ombudsman since his March 2021 report on the COVID pandemic. The report reveals that the number of COVID-related complaints to the Ombudsman rose significantly in the second year of the pandemic. His office r
Reports to Parliament
In this report, NSW Ombudsman Paul Miller found that the NSW Government has provided inadequate rules, guidance, and support to Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) about when it is, and is not, permissible and appropriate for SHS to consider excluding or evicting a homeless person.
Reports to Parliament
This report reviews the deaths of 66 children aged less than 13 years who died as passengers in vehicle crashes in NSW between 2007-2016. The review was conducted by Neuroscience Australia, and examined the deaths of 66 children aged 0-12 years who died as passengers in NSW during the ten-year period.
Reports to Parliament
In this report we examine the experiences of public housing tenants with disability who requested modifications to their properties. The report is informed by complaints and a recently finalised targeted investigation into the delivery of those services by the Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) and
Reports to Parliament
This report of the NSW Ombudsman, Strip searches in youth detention: a follow-up report under section 27 of the Ombudsman Act 1974 is calling on the Government to explain why it has not implemented his recommendations to enact safeguards for the strip searching of children and young people by prison
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.