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Annual Reports
Special reports to Parliament
Other reports
Discussion and issues papers
Guidelines
Fact sheets
Brochures
Information in other languages
Newsletters
Annual reports
Date
ISBN
Publication Title
Cost (AUD$)
Quantity
2/27/2008
978 1 921131 83 7
Official community visitors annual report 2006-2007
10
12/6/2007
978 1 921131 80 6
Report of Reviewable Deaths in 2006 Vol 2 Child Deaths
22
11/30/2007
978 1 921131 74 5
Report of Reviewable Deaths 2006 Volume 1 Deaths of people with disabilities in care
22
11/30/2007
Report of Reviewable Deaths in 2006 Volume 1 Deaths of people with disabilities in care
0
10/26/2007
Audit of FOI Annual Reporting 2005-2006 (hard copies not available)
0
10/26/2007
978 1 921 131 77 6
NSW Ombudsman annual report 2006-2007 (hard copies not available)
22
9/11/2007
1 9211 3164 0
Official community visitors annual report 2005-2006
10
6/12/2007
978 1 921131 80 6
Report of Reviewable Deaths in 2006 Vol 2 Child Deaths
22
4/12/2007
978 1 921131 78 3
Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act Annual Report 2006 - 2007
11
11/29/2006
1 9211 3162 4
Report of reviewable deaths in 2005 Volume 2: Child deaths
22
11/22/2006
1 9211 3161 6
Report of reviewable deaths in 2005 Volume 1: Deaths of people with disabilities in care
22
10/25/2006
Audit of FOI Annual Reporting 2004-2005 (hard copies not available)
0
10/25/2006
1 9211 3159 4
NSW Ombudsman annual report 2005-2006
22
10/20/2006
1 9211 3160 8
Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act Annual Report 2005-2006 (hard copies not available)
0
12/12/2005
1 921 131 22 5
Official Community Visitors Annual Report 2004-2005
0
12/7/2005
Reviewable Deaths Annual Report 2004: Report of reviewable deaths in 2004 summary sheet (hard copies not available)
0
12/7/2005
1 921131 19 5
Reviewable Deaths Annual Report 2004: Report of Reviewable Deaths in 2004
22
12/5/2005
1 921131 136
Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act Annual Report 2004-2005 (hard copies not available)
11
10/13/2005
Audit of FOI Annual Reporting 2003-2004 (hard copies not available)
0
10/13/2005
1 921 131 00 4
NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2004-2005
22
12/9/2004
Reviewable Deaths Annual Report summary sheet 2003-2004 (hard copies not available)
0
12/9/2004
07 313 1313 5
Reviewable Deaths Annual Report 2003-2004
11
11/1/2004
0 7313 1312 7
Official Community Visitors Annual Report 2003-2004 (hard copies not available)
0
10/28/2004
07 131 3100
NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2003 - 2004 (hard copies not available)
0
10/28/2004
Audit of FOI Annual Reporting 2002-2003 (hard copies not available)
0
10/15/2004
0 7313311 0
Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act Annual Report 2003-2004 (hard copies not available)
11
10/26/2003
Audit of FOI Annual Reporting 2001-2002 (hard copies not available)
0
10/26/2003
0 7313 1286 4
NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2002 - 2003 (hard copies not available)
22
10/29/2002
0 7313 1286 3
NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2001-2002 (hard copies not available)
22
10/25/2001
NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2000 - 2001 (hard copies not available)
22
Other Reports
Date
ISBN
Publication Title
Cost (AUD$)
Quantity
6/23/2008
0 7313 1334 8
Family Support Services Complaint Handling Review
0
1/15/2008
Complaint handling systems survey report - Departments and Authorities December 2007
0
1/15/2008
Complaint handling systems survey report - Councils December 2007
0
11/13/2007
978 1 921 131 76 9
Review of Emergency Powers to Prevent or Control Disorder
11
1/25/2007
1 9211 3158 6
DNA sampling and other forensic procedures conducted on suspects and volunteers under the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
11
10/25/2006
0 7313 1321 6
Review of the Police Powers (Drug Detection in Border Areas Trial) Act 2003 (hard copies not available)
11
10/25/2006
1 921 131 29 2
Firearm and Explosive Detection Dogs: Review of the Firearms Amendment (Publice Safety) Act 2002 (CD only)
11
10/5/2006
1 921 131 012
Review of Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Adult Detainees) Act
11
9/14/2006
1921131365
Review of the Police Powers (Drug Detection Dogs) Act 2001
11
2/24/2006
1 921131 21 7
Review of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2002 and the Summary Offences Amendment (Places of Detention) Act 2002
11
11/30/2005
0 7313 1320 8
On the Spot Justice? The Trial of Criminal Infringement Notices by NSW Police (no hard copies availalbe)
22
11/15/2005
0 7313 1335 6
Review of the
Police Powers (Internally Concealed Drugs) Act 2001
11
8/16/2005
0 7313 1314 3
Review of the
Police Powers (Drug Premises) Act 2001 (Executive summary)
11
5/5/2005
0 7313 1322 4
Review of the Child Protection Register
22
12/16/2004
SOG investigation report (hard copies not available)
0
12/16/2004
Young people with disabilities leaving statutory care (hard copies not available)
0
9/16/2004
Monitoring of disability services (hard copies not available)
0
8/17/2004
Audit of individual planning in funded disability accommodation services (hard copies not available)
0
8/15/2004
0 7313 1295 3
The Forensic DNA Sampling of Serious Indictable Offenders under Part 7 of the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
11
9/29/2003
Vehicles Powers (hard copies not available)
11
8/17/2000
0 7313 1265 1
Vehicle Powers, Questions and Answers (hard copies not available)
11
11/15/1999
0 7313 1260 0
Policing public safety (hard copies not available)
22
Special reports to Parliament
Date
ISBN
Publication Title
Cost (AUD$)
Quantity
12/13/2006
1 9211 3167 5
Domestic violence: improving police practice
11
8/3/2006
1 9211 3157 8
Misconduct at the NSW Police College
10
6/29/2006
1 921 131 49 7
DADHC: Monitoring standards in boarding houses
10
5/31/2006
1 921131 34 9
Services for children with a disability and their families (hard copies not available)
10
10/4/2005
0 7313 13399
Improving the quality of land values issued by the Valuer General
11
4/29/2005
0 7313 1322 4
Working with local Aboriginal communities: Audit of the implementation of the NSW Police Aboriginal Strategic Direction (2003-2006)
11
12/9/2004
0 7313 1318 6
Improving outcomes for children at risk of harm - a case study
11
5/9/2004
0 7313 129961
Summary report: Assisting homeless people - the need to improve their access to accommodation and support services (hard copies not available)
0
5/9/2004
0 7313 1297
Assisting homeless people - the need to improve their access to accommodation and support services (Hard copies not available)
0
4/14/2004
0 7313 1304 6
DADHC--The need to improve services for children, young people and their families
10
Discussion and issue papers
Date
ISBN
Publication Title
Cost (AUD$)
Quantity
11/13/2007
Ombudsman's submission to the review of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
0
11/12/2007
Care Proceedings In the Children's Court
0
6/29/2007
978 1 921131 72 1
Review of Certain Functions Conferred on Police Under the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 Personal Searches Crime Scenes Notices to Produce
0
4/18/2007
978 1 921131 55 4
Review of Parts 2A and 3 of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 Preventative Detention and Covert Search Warrants
0
12/11/2006
1 9211 3165 9
Issues Paper: Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Public Safety) Act 2005
0
2/11/2006
Public Interest Disclosure Legislation in Australia: Towards the Next Generation (Summary) (hard copies not available)
0
2/11/2006
Public Interest Disclosure Legislation in Australia: Towards the Next Generation (hard copies not available)
0
3/1/2005
0 7313 13194
Review of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2002 and the Summary Offences Amendment (Places of Detention) Act 2002
0
1/10/2004
Complaint handling in NSW Universities (hard copies not available)
0
Guidelines
Date
ISBN
Publication Title
Cost (AUD$)
Quantity
4/10/2008
987 1 921131 70 7
Guidelines for dealing with youth complaints
0
8/17/2007
9780 7313 32878
The NSW FOI Manual (for a hard copy contact Department of Premier and Cabinet)
0
8/6/2007
978 1 921131 73 8
Apologies, a practical guideline
22
2/10/2007
978 1 921131 35 6
Unreasonable complainant conduct: interim practice manual (hard copies not available)
25
12/8/2006
1 9211 3158 3
Complaint handling at universities: best practice guidelines (hard copies not available)
0
5/20/2006
1 921131 52 7
Good Conduct and Administrative Practice
49.5
6/15/2004
Options for Redress (hard copies not available)
0
6/15/2004
0 7313 1301 1
The Complaint Handler's Tool Kit (2nd Edition) (hard copies not available)
99
6/1/2004
0 7313 1307 0
Investigating Complaints - A manual for Investigators
49.5
6/1/2004
0 7313 1306 2
Effective complaint handling
19.8
6/1/2004
0 7313 1299 6
Child Protection in the Workplace Responding to allegations against employees
0
6/1/2004
Child Protection in the Workplace: Notification Form (hard copies not available)
0
5/1/2004
Model internal reporting policy for state government agencies (hard copies not available)
0
5/1/2004
0 7313 1302 X
Protected Disclosure Guidelines (5th edition)
49.5
1/5/2004
Model internal reporting policy for councils (hard copies not available)
0
1/6/2002
07 313 1275 9
Enforcement guidelines for councils (hard copies not available)
0
6/1/2000
07 313 1263 5
Better Service and Communication for Council (hard copies not available)
0
1/7/1997
FOI Policies and Guidelines (2nd edition) (hard copies not available)
0
Fact sheets
Date
ISBN
Publication Title
Cost (AUD$)
Quantity
6/17/2008
978 1 921132 05 6
Information sheet: The Ombudsman and you
0
6/17/2008
978 1 921131 87 5
Information sheet: NSW Ombudsman's work with Juvenile Justice
0
5/8/2008
0 7313 1337 2
Information sheet: Protection of whistleblowers Practical alternatives to confidentiality (hard copies not available)
0
4/2/2008
978 1 921131 752
International Students Fact Sheet
0
4/2/2008
978 1 921131 84 4
Reviewable Disability Deaths: Frequently Asked Questions
0
2/9/2007
1 9211 3145 4
Council fact sheet No 5: Apologies by Council
0
2/9/2007
1 9211 3154 3
Child protection fact sheet No 11: Apologies and Child Protection
0
2/9/2007
1 9211 3169 1
Community Services Division fact sheet No 5: Apologies by community service providers
0
12/10/2006
1 9211 3163 2
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 01: Apologies by Public Officials and Agencies
0
7/27/2006
1 921131 50 0
Information sheet: Our work with Aboriginal communities
0
5/15/2006
1 921131 33 0
Guarantee of service
0
3/15/2006
1 921131 28 4
Information sheet: Apologies (hard copies not available)
0
2/5/2006
0 7313 1298 8
Community Services Division fact sheet No 1: The Ombudsman's role in community services
0
2/2/2006
1 921131 17 9
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 24: Expectations in service provision
0
2/2/2006
1 921131 21 7
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 26: Z: A-Z of public administration
0
2/2/2006
1 921131 16 0
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 23: Whistleblowing
0
2/2/2006
1 921131 18 7
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 25: Youth participation
0
2/2/2006
1 921131 15 2
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 22: Very difficult complainants
0
2/2/2006
0 7313 1336 4
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 20: Transparency and accountability
0
2/2/2006
0 7313 1316
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 19: Security of information
0
2/2/2006
1 921131 14 4
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 21: Useful tips
0
1/15/2006
Official Community Visitors Fact Sheet No 1: Official Community Visitors
0
1/2/2006
07313 1329 1
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 15: Oversight of public administration
0
11/15/2005
0 7313 1338 0
Information sheet: Child protection policy framework for children's services
0
10/17/2005
0 7313 1333
Protected disclosures fact sheet: Am I dealing with a protected disclosure?
0
6/25/2005
0 7313 13267
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 12: Legal advice
0
6/25/2005
0 7313 1327 5
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 13: Maladministration
0
6/25/2005
0 7313 1328 3
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 14: Natural Justice/procedural fairness
0
6/25/2005
0 7313 1330 5
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 16: Public interest
0
6/25/2005
0 7313 1331 3
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 17: Quality customer service
0
6/25/2005
0 7313 1332 1
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 18: Reasons for decision
0
6/25/2005
0 7313 1325 9
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 11: Knowledge of wrong conduct
0
6/20/2005
0 7313 1324 0
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 10: Jurisdiction and Functions of the Ombudsman
0
5/25/2005
0 7313 1323 2
Police fact sheet: Advice for people working with youth: Young people with complaints about police
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 06: Addressing child protection issues in codes of conduct
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 07: Recognising and managing conflict of interests
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 08: Reviewing child protection policies: an agency self-assessment checklist
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 05: Child protection: Responsibilities of heads of agencies
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 09: Risk management following an allegation against an employee
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 10: How the Ombudsman audits agencies that provide services to children
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 03: Child Protection Legislation: What Employers and Employees Need to Know (hard copies not available)
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 04: Planning and conducting an investigation
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 02: How we assess an investigation
0
8/1/2004
Child protection fact sheet No 01: Keeping records (hard copies not available)
0
8/1/2004
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 09: Investigation of Complaints
0
3/1/2004
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 06: Frankness and Candour
0
3/1/2004
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 08: Handling complaints
0
3/1/2004
Public sector agencies fact sheet No 04: Discretionary Powers
0
3/1/2004