Reports
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Is your builder fit and proper - the weaknesses of the home building licensing scheme in NSW
Reports to Parliament
This report makes a range of recommendations, including making changes to the public register; improving intelligence sharing to assist Fair Trading’s licence assessment processes; and making changes to internal guidance for staff.
Spatial analysis of child deaths in New South Wales
Reports to Parliament
The NSW Child Death Review Team (CDRT) works to prevent and reduce the deaths of children aged from birth to 17 years. To do this, we maintain a register of child deaths occurring in NSW and analyse information about these deaths to identify any patterns or trends.
Submission to the consultation on Protections for Residents of Long Term Supported Group Accommodation in NSW
Parliamentary submissions
This is a submission to the consultation on protections for residents of long term supported group accommodation in NSW.
Correcting the record: Investigation into water compliance and enforcement 2007-17
Reports to Parliament
Correcting the record: Investigation into water compliance and enforcement 2007-17 is a special report to Parliament under sections 26 and 31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974.
NSW Ombudsman Letter to NSWLRC re draft proposals from review of Guardianship Act 1987 5 February 2018
Other submissions
NSW Law Reform Commission review of the Guardianship Act 1987 – draft proposals
Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 Local Aboriginal Land Councils
Reports to Parliament
This paper sets out the relevant legislative interpretation issues, considers whether, as a matter of policy, LALC public officials should receive protection for making reports of serious wrongdoing, and seeks feedback on whether LALCs should be exempt from the PID Act reporting requirements
Operation Prospect - Second report on developments
Reports to Parliament
A special report to Parliament under sections 27 and 31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974.
Oversight of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 Annual Report 2016-17
Annual reports
The focus of this year’s annual report on the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 (PID Act) is the operational challenges faced by public authorities. Throughout the report, we highlight examples of the advice we have given to both public officials and public authorities when they contact us. If co
Investigation into water compliance and enforcement 2007-17
Reports to Parliament
From 2006 onwards the NSW Ombudsman’s office has received complaints and public interest disclosures alleging that the water management principles and rules were not being properly complied with and enforced. We have undertaken three prior investigations into those complaints and disclosures that re
Submission to the Committee on Community Services Inquiry into support for new parents and babies in New South Wales
Parliamentary submissions
This submission provides: an overview of deaths of infants, drawn from the NSW Child Death Register; issues for consideration by the Inquiry, based on our recent work relating to vaccine preventable infectious disease, Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy, and abuse and neglect-related deaths of infants.
Childhood injury prevention - Strategic directions for coordination in New South Wales
Research reports
This report builds on the earlier work by addressing a number of critical questions about effective approaches to coordination of injury prevention initiatives.
Complaints about the supervision of postgraduate students Discussion paper October 17
Discussion paper
The NSW Ombudsman has jurisdiction over all public universities in NSW – ten universities in all. We receive and investigate complaints from students about administrative actions relating to their enrolment, course progress, supervision and termination of their studies.
