What you cannot complain about to us
Our legislation limits what matters we can deal with. For example we cannot investigate the conduct of:
- the governor, parliament, ministers and Members of Parliament
- courts or court like bodies
- legal advisors acting for public authorities
- individual employment related issues
- trusts and investment funds
- royal commissions
- ICAC, casino control authority, legal services commissioner
Schedule 1 of the Ombudsman Act 1974 provides a full list of excluded conduct and bodies under the Act.
Related links
- Making a complaint
- Other complaint-handling agencies
- Information and resources for young people
- Information and resources for aboriginal people
- Information and resources for people with disabilities
- Committee on the Ombudsman, the Police Integrity Commission and the Crime Commission
- Training workshops & events