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Displaying 25-36 of 251 results
  1. The COVID-19 pandemic: second report

    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

  2. Specialist homelessness services: helping people with high or complex needs

    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.

  3. The role of child restraints and seatbelts in passenger deaths of children aged 0-12 years in NSW

    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.

  4. Modifying public housing properties to meet the needs of tenants with disability

    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

  5. Strip searches in youth detention

    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

  6. The Ombudsman's jurisdiction to investigate when there are related court proceedings

    Reports to Parliament

    The report relates to a provision of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Family is Culture) Bill 2022, which proposes an amendment to the Ombudsman Act. The amendment concerns the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction to investigate complaints in circumstances where there may be relat

  7. Oversight of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 Annual Report 2020-21

    Reports to Parliament

    The PID Act 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.

  8. The new machinery of government: using machine technology in administrative decision-making

    Reports to Parliament

    The new  machinery of government - using machine technology in administrative decision-making report describes the increasing use of machine technologies in government decision-making processes. In NSW, agencies are known to be using machine technologies in the areas of fines enforcement, policing,

  9. Public Interest Disclosures Steering Committee Annual Report 2020-21

    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 recommen

  10. NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2020-21

    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 2020 to 30 June 2021.

  11. Investigation into the procurement of an acting executive director at the former NSW Department of Planning and Environment

    Reports to Parliament

    This report sets out the findings and recommendations of an investigation by the NSW Ombudsman into the conduct of the former NSW Department of Planning and Environment

  12. Special report by the NSW Ombudsman on the Public Interest Disclosures Bill 2021

    Reports to Parliament

    This report provides Parliament with the NSW Ombudsman’s detailed assessment of the Bill against recommendations made by the Parliamentary Committee.

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Journey Together artwork

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.