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Inquiry into services provided or funded by ADHC Submission August 2010
Parliamentary submissions
Under the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993, the NSW Ombudsman played a key role in relation to people with disabilities. This included handling and investigating complaints about disability services; inquiring into major issues affecting people with disabilities and di
People with disabilities and the closure of residential centres Special report to Parliament August 2010
Reports to Parliament
This report is about our work in examining the support for people with disabilities living in ADHC residential centres. Our engagement with the community on this issue has reinforced the importance of providing people with disabilities and their families with a broad range of accommodation and suppo
Submission on Statutory Review of the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 June 2010
Other submissions
The responsibilities of the Ombudsman in relation to services for children and young people, and screening for child related employment, are prescribed by the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 and the Ombudsman Act 1974.
Planning and support provided by Community Services to a group of young people leaving statutory care - C&DS review June 2010
Reports to Parliament
This report details observations, findings and recommendations arising from our review of a group of young people leaving statutory care in 2009.
The need to support children and young people in statutory care who have been victims of crime - Special report to Parliament - June 2010
Reports to Parliament
As a result of our investigation into Community Services handling of victims compensation claims for children and young people under the parental responsibility of the Minister for community Services, we found significant deficiencies in Community Services identification and handling of victims comp
Removing nine words - Legal professional privilege and the NSW Ombudsman
Reports to Parliament
The New South Wales Ombudsman Act 1974 is the only Australian Parliamentary Ombudsman Act that permits an agency to refuse to provide the Ombudsman with information on the grounds of a claim of legal professional privilege. This report outlines the Ombudsman's recent attempts to have the Act amended
Report under Section 49(1) of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 for the 6 months ending December 2009
Reports to Parliament
The 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 identi
Official Community Visitors Annual Report 2008-09
Annual reports
The Official Community Visitor annual report is a public record of the official community visitor scheme for the financial year 2008-2009. The report outlines the role of the visitors, their work, statistical information and financial reports.
Inquiry into the high level of involvement of Indigenous juveniles and young adults in the criminal justice system - Submission February 2010
Parliamentary submissions
For the past ten years my office has carried out extensive work with Aboriginal communities in NSW. This work has confirmed the critical importance of intervening early to provide young Aboriginal people and their families with coordinated, effective support. It has also enabled us to identify at a
The death of Dean Shillingsworth - Critical challenges in the context of reforms to the child protection system - Special report to Parliament - December 2009
Reports to Parliament
Dean Shillingsworth's body was found in a public reserve in Sydney on 17 October 2007. His mother was subsequently charged with his murder. She pleaded guilty on 18 August 2009 and was sentenced on 9 December 2009. Following a review of records held by DoCS we commenced our investigation into the ad
The implementation of the Joint Guarantee of Service for People with Mental Health Problems and Disorders Living in Aboriginal, Community and Public Housing Special report to Parliament November 2009 - NSW Ombudsman
Reports to Parliament
The JGOS is intended to assist some of the most vulnerable people in our community: people with mental health problems needing assistance to access and sustain social housing. Mental illness has long been recognised as one of the major pathways into homelessness. Both the Federal and NSW governments
Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act Annual Report 2008-09
Annual reports
This Annual Report is required under the Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act 1997 and details the Ombudsman work and activities under the Act for the 12 months ending 30 June 2009.
