Executive Summary This report sets out the results of the financial statement audits of entities in the Health Cluster for the year ended 30 June 2014. Unqualified audit opinions were issued on all financial statements for the year. The report also provides Parliament and other users of the financial statements with an analysis of the...

Aims: To determine: 1) whether providing legal advice to defendants in Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) proceedings reduces the frequency with which ADVOs are breached; 2) what defendants and stakeholders think about the pilot legal advice service provided to defendants by Legal Aid NSW. Methods: The effect of the ADVO on proscribed behaviours was compared...

Examines the legislative history of travelling stock routes, starting with an overview of the current arrangements and then presenting a chronological account of the many relevant regulatory developments in this field. Introduction The ownership and future management of travelling stock routes (TSRs) are currently the subject of review, further to the 2013 report Crown Lands...

Presents an overview of scientific evidence on the effectiveness of TNR programs, including field studies, literature reviews and mathematical modelling. It is difficult to conceive of cats as constituting a problem. They are, after all, wonderful companions for an estimated 23% of Australian households. But for every one domestic cat there are an estimated seven...

In the 24 months to September 2014, none of the major offence categories showed a significant upward trend across New South Wales as a whole. Ten of the major offences showed significant downward trends: non-domestic assault (down 8.1%); robbery without a weapon (down 20.4%); robbery with a non-firearm weapon (down 9.7%); break and enter dwelling...