This audit assesses how effectively New South Wales (NSW) government agencies procure and manage consultants. It examined the role of the NSW Procurement Board and NSW Procurement in supporting and monitoring agency procurement and management of consultants. The audit finds that found most agencies do not use consultants strategically, and do not have systems for...

This paper examines the right to protest in New South Wales and the central role of the Summary Offences Act 1988, which encourages co-operation between protesters and police. That Act can also result in courts issuing ‘authorisation’ and ‘prohibition’ orders. The effects of those orders ar​e discussed.

This is the second tracking report for the NSW Strategic Plan for Children and Young People, measuring changes in children and young people’s perceptions on key issues that impacted them throughout 2023.

WestInvest is a $5 billion funding program announced in September 2021 to provide ‘local infrastructure to help communities hit hard by COVID-19’ in 15 local government areas (LGAs) selected by the NSW government. The objective of this audit was to assess the integrity of the design and implementation of the program and the award of...

This report assesses how effectively SafeWork NSW has performed its regulatory compliance functions for work health and safety in New South Wales. The report includes a case study examining SafeWork NSW's management of a project to develop a real-time monitoring device for airborne silica in workplaces.