This paper analyses the trends in the rates of annual recorded incidents of ten major categories of property and violent crime for the period 1990 to 2012 in New South Wales. Method: Offence rates were calculated using criminal incident data from the NSW Police Force Computerised Operational Policing System (COPS) for the period 1995 to...

This report finds that in New South Wales, the surge in incidents involving the discharge of a firearm into premises which began in February 2010 has been reversed. In February 2010, incidents of discharge firearm into premises were running at an average of five a month. They peaked in August 2012 at an average rate...

This report provides a statistical overview of recent crime trends in New South Wales. It finds that over the last 24 months, fraud has increased while motor vehicle theft, break and enter (non-dwelling) and assault (non-domestic violence related) has decreased. Other crime trends remain stable.

In November 2012, the Minister for Family and Community Services, Pru Goward MP, released a discussion paper containing child protection legislative reform proposals. The reform proposals are in three parts: (1) promoting good parenting; (2) providing a safe and stable home for children and young people in care; (3) and creating a child-centred system. This...

This plan is less about government and more about Aboriginal people. It focuses on revitalising and promoting language and culture, creating opportunities, increasing people’s capacity, providing choice and empowering people to exercise that choice, as well as giving them the tools to take responsibility for their own future.