TY - Briefing paper AU - Lenny Roth PY - 2019 T1 - Adult safeguarding laws: reviewing the proposal for a NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner PB - Parliamentary Research Service (NSW) DO - https://doi.org/APO-231981 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/231981 AB - This e-brief begins by looking at the prevalence of abuse of older people and adults with disability. It then outlines existing NSW agencies that play a role in protecting these groups from abuse and also considers NSW and national review recommendations to establish agencies to protect “vulnerable” or “at-risk” adults from abuse and neglect. ER -